Thermal decomposition of metal dithiocarbamates can be used to produce metal sulfides. These metal sulfides have numerous aerospace applications including hydrocracking catalysts for upgrading Fischer-Tropsch products to jet fuels,  modeling of pre-biotic chemistry,  production of high fidelity lunar regolith (soil) simulants, and photovoltaic devices. Previous thermal analysis work by faculty and students at Wheeling Jesuit  University has focused on the mass loss during thermal decomposition using thermogravimetric analysis. This does not, however, provide information on processes, such as phase changes, that are not associated with a mass loss. Differential scanning calorimetry monitors heat flow into or out of the sample and therefore will reveal thermodynamic processes regardless whether or not there is a change in mass. Of particular interest are any thermally induced changes in the crystal structure of the metal sulfides.

Differential scanning calorimetry of the thermal decomposition of metal dithiocarbamate complexes

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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