COMPUTER-PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT AUTOMATED FACTOR-JUMP THERMOGRAVIMETRY

The paper describes a computer program written to implement the factor-jump method on a thermogravimetry apparatus automated with an in-laboratory mini-computer. The program is written almost entirely in FORTRAN and constitutes a system of seven overlays. It determines activation energies during the course of the experiment and provides feedback to pursue desired precision in experimental quantities and in the activation energy. The program is modular and can probably adapt to situations other than the apparatus and technique for which it was originally designed. © 1979.