Introduction to Thermal Analysis. Techniques and Applications

✍ Scribed by M.E. Brown (ed.)

• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 267
• Series: Hot Topics in Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Thermal Analysis is a well-established set of techniques for obtaining qualitative and quantitative information about the effects of various heat treatments on materials of all kinds, including new chemical compounds, plastics, ceramics, alloys, construction materials, minerals, foods and medicines. Heating is performed under strictly controlled conditions and can reveal changes in structure and other important properties of the material being studied. Such studies are of great practical importance in the use of materials.
This new edition has been thoroughly revised and rewritten to account for the changes that have occurred in the techniques and the instrumentation since the original edition in 1988. These changes include the introduction of new modulated temperature techniques and the exciting world of micro thermal analysis, based on novel adaptations of atomic force microscopy. These new techniques are integrated with the older standard techniques.
The aim of the original edition has, however, been retained and is to provide a brief, readable introduction to these versatile techniques, for anyone contemplating their use, from which it is possible to move on to the specialist literature.

✦ Table of Contents

Title
......Page 3
CONTENTS
......Page 5
Preface to the First Edition
......Page 9
Preface to the Second Edition
......Page 11
1. Introduction
......Page 12
2. Thermal Events
......Page 23
3. Thermogravimetry (TG)
......Page 28
4. Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
......Page 64
5. Thermoptometry
......Page 100
6. Thermomechanometry
......Page 114
7. Combination of Thermal Analysis Techniques
......Page 138
8. Evolved Gas Analysis (EGA)
......Page 147
9. Less-Common Techniques
......Page 164
10. Reaction Kinetics from Thermal Analysis......Page 187
11. Purity Determination Using DSC......Page 221
12. Conclusions......Page 234
A. The Literature of Thermal Analysis
......Page 236
B. Major Suppliers of Thermal Analysis Equipment
......Page 243
C. Data Processing in Thermal Analysis
......Page 245
D. Introductory Experiments in Thermal Analysis
......Page 249
E. Examples of Examination Questions
......Page 251
Index
......Page 258