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Constructing a self-consistent integral baseline by using cubic splines

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Various types of transformations require different baselines reflecting specificities of these transitions. The present work deals with the case when a degree of transformation is directly proportional to heat consumed or released. For such case, a baseline is named an integral baseline and is traditionally constructed by unnecessary simplifications. A new method is proposed as an alternative fast and robust computational method for baseline construction utilizing interpolating cubic splines. The method is self-consistent in the sense that it is free of needless assumptions and that it provides linearity between the degree of transformation and heat measured.

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    D. V. Malakhov & M. K. Abou Khatwa

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Malakhov, D.V., Abou Khatwa, M.K. Constructing a self-consistent integral baseline by using cubic splines. J Therm Anal Calorim 87, 595–599 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-006-7702-3

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