Description The principal objective of this book is to stimulate interest in research that will extend available theory towards a greater understanding
of the steps involved in solid-state decompositions and the properties of solids that control reactivities. Much of the activity in this
field has been directed towards increasing the range of reactants for which decomposition kinetic data is available, rather than extending
insights into the fundamental chemistry of the reactions being studied. The first part of the book (Chapters 1-6) is concerned with theoretical
aspects of the subject. The second part (Chapters 7-17) surveys groups of reactions classified by similarities of chemical composition.
The final Chapter (18) reviews the subject by unifying features identified as significant and proposes possible directions for future
progress.
Studies of thermal reactions of ionic compounds have contributed considerably to the theory of solid-state chemistry. Furthermore,
many of these rate processes have substantial technological importance, for example, in the manufacture of cement, the exploitation of
ores and in the stability testing of drugs, explosives and oxidizing agents. Despite the prolonged and continuing research effort concerned
with these reactions, there is no recent overall review. This book is intended to contribute towards correcting this omission. The essential
unity of the subject is recognized by the systematic treatment of reactions, carefully selected to be instructive and representative
of the subject as a whole. The authors have contributed more than 200 original research articles to the literature, many during their
25 years of collaboration.
Features of this book:
• Gives a comprehensive in-depth survey of a rarely-reviewed
subject.
• Reviews methods used in studies of thermal decompositions of solids.
• Discusses patterns of subject development
perceived from an extensive literature survey.
This book is expected to be of greatest value and interest to scientists concerned with
the chemical properties and reactions of solids, including chemists, physicists, pharmacists, material scientists, crystallographers,
metallurgists and others. This wide coverage of the literature dealing with thermal reactions of solids will be of value to both academic
and industrial researchers by reviewing the current status of the theory of the subject. It could also provide a useful starting point
for the exploitation of crystalline materials in practical and industrial applications. The contents will also be relevant to a wide
variety of researchers, including, for example, those concerned with the stabilities of polymers and composite materials, the processing
of minerals, the shelf-lives of pharmaceuticals, etc.
Contents
Part A: Theory and Background. 1. Introduction. 2. Stoichiometry and extent of decomposition. 3. Kinetic models for solid-state
reactions. 4. The influence of temperature on reaction rate. 5. Analysis and interpretation of experimental kinetic measurements. 6.
Characterization of reactants, decomposition intermediates and products, and the formulations of mechanisms.
Part B: Thermal
Decompositions of Selected Ionic Solids. 7. Thermal hydration of hydrated salts. 8. Thermal dehydration of hydroxides. 9. The
thermal dissociation of oxides. 10 Decomposition of other binary compounds. 11. Decomposition of azides. 12. Decomposition of carbonates.
13. Decomposition of metal perhalates, halates and halites. 14. Decomposition of metal salts of various oxyacids. 15. Decomposition of
ammonium salts. 16. The thermal decompositions of metal salts of organic acids. 17. Decompositions of coordination compounds. 18. The
present position and prospects for future progress in studies of thermal decompositions of solids. Glossary. Index.
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