Calorimetry is a method for measurement of heat effects using calorimetric instruments. Differential dynamic calorimetry (DSC) measures the heat flow going into or out of the sample cell. In my thesis, I demonstrated the use of DSC in the analysis of biopolymers and investigated the applicability of DSC in studying the stability of biopolymers. I calculated the enthalpy of denaturation for the protein erythropoietin in a phosphate buffer solution pH=7.2 in a model-independent and model-dependent way. I calculated the difference between the two models, and showed that the protein denaturation can be described as a reversible transition between two states. The results of my calculation are comparable to the results from the literature.
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