Optimal designs have been constructed for differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) experiments conducted under constant-heating-rate conditions for materials that are a priori assumed to follow nth-order kinetics. Two different operating scenarios are considered, including single-scan and multiscan DSC experiments for eight different kinetic parameter combinations representing a range of typical polymeric curing reactions. The resulting designs are studied to determine which kinetic model parameters are influential in determining the optimal design.
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