tainstcalorimetry 0.1.1

Handling TAM Air calorimetry files made easy.

TAInstCalorimetry- Interfacing with experimental results file from TAM Air calorimeters made easy.

After collecting multiple experimental results files from a TAM Air calorimeter you will be left with multiple .xls-files obtained as exports from the device control software. To achieve a side by side comparison of theses results and some basic extraction of relevant parameters, TAInstCalorimetry is here to get this done smoothly.

Note: TAInstCalorimetry has been developed without involvement of TA Instruments and is thus independent from the company and its software.

Example Usage

Import the tacalorimetry module from TAInstCalorimetry.

# import
from TAInstCalorimetry import tacalorimetry

Next, we define where the exported files are stored. With this information at hand, a Measurement is initialized. Experimental raw data and the metadata passed in the course of the measurement are retrieved by the methods get_data() and get_information(), respectively.

# define data path
path_to_data = pathname + os.sep + "DATA"

# experiments via class
tam = tacalorimetry.Measurement(folder=path_to_data)

# get sample and information
data = tam.get_data()
info = tam.get_information()

Furthermore, the Measurement features a plot()-method for readily visualizing the collected results.

# make plot
tam.plot()
# show plot
tacalorimetry.plt.show()

The cumulated heat after a certain period of time from starting the measurement is a relevant quantity for answering different types of questions. For this purpose, the method get_cumulated_heat_at_hours returns on overview of this parameter for all the samples in the specified folder.

# get table of cumulated heat at certain age
cum_h = tam.get_cumulated_heat_at_hours(
                target_h=2, 
                cutoff_min=0
                )
# show result
print(cum_h)

Installation

Use the package manager pip to install foobar.

pip install TAInstCalorimetry

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

GNU GPLv3