A setup to measure the temperature-dependent heating power of magnetically heated nanoparticles up to high temperature
Résumé
Magnetic heating, namely, the use of heat released by magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) excited with a high-frequency magnetic field, has so far
been mainly used for biological applications. More recently, it has been shown that this heat can be used to catalyze chemical reactions, some
of them occurring at temperatures up to 700 ○C. The full exploitation of MNP heating properties requires the knowledge of the temperature
dependence of their heating power up to high temperatures. Here, a setup to perform such measurements is described based on the use
of a pyrometer for high-temperature measurements and on a protocol based on the acquisition of cooling curves, which allows us to take
into account calorimeter losses. We demonstrate that the setup permits to perform measurements under a controlled atmosphere on solid
state samples up to 550 ○C. It should in principle be able to perform measurements up to 900 ○C. The method, uncertainties, and possible
artifacts are described and analyzed in detail. The influence on losses of putting under vacuum different parts of the calorimeter is measured.
To illustrate the setup possibilities, the temperature dependence of heating power is measured on four samples displaying very different
behaviors. Their heating power increases or decreases with temperature, displaying temperature sensibilities ranging from −2.5 to +4.4% K−1.
This setup is useful to characterize the MNPs for magnetically heated catalysis applications and to produce data that will be used to test models
permitting to predict the temperature dependence of MNP heating power.
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