Prediction of SADT - Correlation with DSC measurements
- Self-Accelerating Decomposition Temperature (SADT) is a safety characteristic for the transport of self-reactive substances and organic peroxides. Its determination is time-consuming and in dependence on the test method also material-consuming. As shown previously, DSC measurements, which can be carried out fast and with a few milligram of material, supply a good correlation with SADT for technical pure, liquid organic peroxides. The approach is now applied for solid organic peroxides. Besides, the parameters, which are involved in the correlation, are discussed and their effect on the result is weighted qualitatively. In addition it was shown, that the method is inapplicable in an easy manner for diluted organic peroxides and pure self-reactive substances.