“…12,13 In brief, a BaF 2 disc, with a dehydrated sugar-protein mixture, was placed in a SpectraTech Heated Cell (Shelton, CT) and then heated at a rate of 1.08C/min from room temperature (25 AE 58C) to more than 1508C. The sample temperature was monitored and controlled using an ES100P digital controller (OMRON Co., Kyoto, Japan) that had been calibrated using a previously prepared calibration plot.…”