Differential Thermal Analysis in Metallurgy, used at the Department in Ljubljana

摘要

The paper deals with the history and the development of differential thermal analysis (DTA) as research method with applications in metallurgical examinations at the school of metallurgy in Ljubljana till now. Fields of metallurgical examinations in which DTA as research method was applied are presented chronologically. Starting with simple examinations of raw materials for metallurgical production processes, DTA became later a method of calorimetric measurements of metallic systems, and a method of metallo-graphic and structural examinations of metals and alloys. New equipment, purchased in recent times, enabled even research of thermomechanical working of alloys.