Springer Thermal Decomposition of Solids and Melts: New Thermochemical Approach to the Mechanism, Kinetics and Methodology: 7 (Hot Topics in Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 7)

This book covers the results of investigations into the mechanisms and kinetics of thermal decompositions of solid and liquid substances on the basis of thermochemical analyses. The main features of these reactions are explained and many problems and unusual phenomena, which have accumulated in this field are interpreted. New methods of TA measurement and calculation have been developed, which permit the precision and accuracy of determination of kinetic parameters to be increased substantially. Review Aus den Rezensionen: "Das Buch ist eine Übersetzung aus dem Russischen mit Zusätzen und Verbesserungen. … Es beschäftigt sich mit der thermischen Zersetzung von Festkörpern und Schmelzen. … Ulgolkov beschreibt die instrumentellen Parameter thermodynamisch und erläutert sie an Beispielen. Das Buch schließt mit einem Index, Massekonstanten und Gasdruckdaten. Das Fachbuch wendet sich an Anwender der Thermischen Analysetechniken. Die thermodynamischen Effekte werden gut beschrieben …" (Robert Fuchs, in: Mitteilungsblatt der GDCh -Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker-, 2008, Issue 4, S. 12) From the Back Cover Thermal Decomposition of Solids and Melts describes the results of investigations into the mechanisms and kinetics involved in the thermal decomposition of solid and liquid substances via thermochemical analysis (TA). The main features of these thermal decomposition reactions are explained within and the observed anomalies are interpreted. New methods of TA measurement and calculation have been developed, which permit the precision and accuracy of determination of kinetic parameters to be increased substantially. Reliable kinetic characteristics have been obtained and the decomposition mechanisms for several substances have been interpreted. These include different classes of compounds: crystalline hydrates oxides hydroxides nitrides azides nitrates sulfates carbonates oxalates This book is intended for advanced undergraduates, researchers, and technologists working in the fields of engineering, metallurgy, chemistry, and material science. About the Author Professor and Head of the Analytical Chemistry department at St. Petersburg State University, Russia.