Handbook of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

This is Volume 5 of a Handbook that has been well-received by the thermal analysis and calorimetry community. All chapters in all five volumes are written by international experts in the subject. The fifth volume covers recent advances in techniques and applications that complement the earlier volumes. The chapters refer wherever possible to earlier volumes, but each is complete in itself. The latest recommendations on Nomenclature are also included. Amongst the important new techniques that are covered are micro-thermal analysis, pulsed thermal analysis, fast-scanning calorimetery and the use of quartz-crystal microbalances. There are detailed reviews of heating - stage spectroscopy, the range of electrical techniques available, applications in rheology, catalysis and the study of nanoparticles. The development and application of isoconversional methods of kinetic analysis are described and there are comprehensive chapters on the many facets of thermochemistry and of measuring thermophysical properties. Applications to inorganic and coordination chemistry are reviewed, as are the latest applications in medical and dental sciences, including the importance of polymorphism. The volume concludes with a review of the use and importance of thermal analysis and calorimetry in quality control.

* Updates and complements previous volumes
* Internationally recognized experts as authors
* Each chapter complete in itself

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO RECENT ADVANCES, TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS (Michael E. Brown and Patrick K. Gallagher)
CHAPTER 2. DEVELOPMENTS IN NOMENCLATURE (Jean Rouquerol, I. Wadsö, T. Lever and P. Haines)
CHAPTER 3. MICRO-THERMAL ANALYSIS AND RELATED TECHNIQUES (Duncan M. Price)
CHAPTER 4. PULSE THERMAL ANALYSIS (M. Maciejewski and A. Baiker)
CHAPTER 5. THE QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE (Allan L. Smith)
CHAPTER 6. HEATING STAGE SPECTROSCOPY: INFRARED, RAMAN, ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY AND X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY (Ray L. Frost and J. Theo Kloprogge)
CHAPTER 7. ELECTRICAL TECHNIQUES (Madalena Dionísio and João F. Mano)
CHAPTER 8. BENEFITS AND POTENTIALS OF HIGH PERFORMANCE DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY (HPer DSC) (Vincent B.F. Mathot, Geert Vanden Poel and Thijs F.J. Pijpers)
CHAPTER 9. DYNAMIC PULSE CALORIMETRY - THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLID AND LIQUID METALS AND ALLOYS (C. Cagran and G. Pottlacher)
CHAPTER 10. SURFACE PROPERTIES OF NANOPARTICLES
(Piotr Staszczuk)
CHAPTER 11. HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS ON SOLIDS
(Ljiljana Damjanovic and Aline Auroux)
CHAPTER 12. COORDINATION COMPOUNDS AND INORGANICS (Stefano Materazzi )
CHAPTER 13. ISOCONVERSIONAL KINETICS (Sergey Vyazovkin)
CHAPTER 14. THERMOCHEMISTRY (M.V. Roux and M. Temprado)
CHAPTER 15. THERMAL ANALYSIS AND RHEOLOGY
(Mustafa Versan Kok)
CHAPTER 16. POLYMORPHISM (Mino R. Caira)
CHAPTER 17. DENTAL MATERIALS (W.A. Brantley)
CHAPTER 18. MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF THERMAL METHODS (Beverley D. Glass)
CHAPTER 19. QUALITY CONTROL (Donald J. Burlett)