Thermal Analysis

Thermal Analysis: From Introductory Fundamentals to Advanced Applications presents an easy-to-understand introduction to Thermal Analysis (TA) principles alongside in-depth coverage of the wide variety of techniques currently in use across several industries. It covers differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), temperature modulated DSC (TMDSC), differential thermal analysis (DTA), thermogravimetry (TG) or thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), thermomechanical analysis (TMA), differential photo-calorimetry (DPC), dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), thermodilatometry (TD), dielectric thermal analysis (DEA), thermally-stimulated current (TSC), emanation thermal analysis (ETA), thermoluminescence (TL), fast scanning calorimetry (FSC), and microcalorimetry.

The book begins by defining the various TA techniques since its appearance in 1899 by Austen through the present day, as described in Chapter 1. Chapter 2 reports the Temperature-Modulated DSC (TMDSC) method and its applications, especially its use for studying the thermodynamic properties of polymers and pharmaceuticals. Chapter 3 focuses on the potential of TA in materials science with applications in chemistry and engineering, where it is employed in studying the thermal conversion of materials which yield new functional candidates for recent applications and determining contents of elements and moisture. Chapter 4 demonstrates in detail the various applications of TA in food, electronic industries, solid-state reactions, chemistry of polymers and large directing agents, kinetic studies, and so on. Chapter 5 demonstrates the crystal structure and phase changes occurring upon heating by TA. Finally, Chapter 6 demonstrates the potential of TA in recycling and waste management.

• Gives a solid introduction to the scientific principles of TA for those who are new to these techniques or need a deeper understanding
• Illustrates concepts with more than 100 schematic and analysis curves, several flow charts, process diagrams, and photographs
• Contains chapters for using TA in materials science and crystal structures problems studies for the first time, something not provided in current TA books

Researchers using Thermal Analysis in materials design, chemical engineering, food quality, chemicals, electronics, industrial chemistry, and waste management and recycling. Upper undergraduate and graduate students and educators in chemistry, physics, physical science, and materials science

Chapter I: State-of-the-Art and Definitions of Various Thermal Analysis Techniques
Definitions
Instrumentation of DSC and DTA
Differential photo-calorimetry (DPC)
Pressure differential scanning calorimetry (PDSC)
Low temperature type DSC
General thermodynamic relationships
Thermogravimetry (TG) or thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
Thermomechanical analysis (TMA)
Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA)
Dielectric thermal analysis (DEA)
Thermally- stimulated current (TSC)
Emanation thermal analysis (ETA)
Thermoluminescence (TL)
Fast scanning calorimetry (FSC)
Microcalorimetry
Laser flash method thermal constant measuring LF/TCM
Moisture evolution analyzers (MEA)
Thermal analysis data processing system
Summary
Reference

Chapter 2: Temperature-Modulated DSC (TMDSC)
Production of nanostructured metal oxides
Estimation of carbon content
Production of metal carbides and metals and alloys nanoparticles
Production of metal sulfides, selenides and phosphides
TGA in sol-gel science
Estimation of metal’s molar mass
Estimating oxygen content in metal oxides
Carbonization
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Chapter 3: Thermal Analysis in Materials Science
Production of nanostructured metal oxides
Estimation of carbon content
Production of metal carbides and metals and alloys nanoparticles
Production of metal sulfides, selenides and phosphides
TGA in sol-gel science
Estimation of metal’s molar mass
Estimating oxygen content in metal oxides
Carbonization
Summary
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Chapter 4: Applications of TA
TA in food industry
TA of soap and detergents
TA in electronics industry
Polymer crystallinity
Polymer blends
TA in fossil fuel research
TA in clays
TA in cement industry
TA in explosives
TA in testing the loading efficiencies of drugs
TA in solid state reaction kinetics
Summary
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Chapter 5: Thermal Analysis in Studying the Phase Problem
Crystal structure transformation
Topotactic thermal conversion
Constructing phase diagrams using TA techniques
Thermoelectric materials
Phase transformations in organic compounds and drugs
Summary
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Chapter 6: Thermal Analysis in Recycling and Waste Management
Identity of the mixed recycled plastics using DSC
TGA in the transformation processes of waste rubber and plastic products for energy carriers
TGA characteristics and kinetics of scrap tyre- biomass co-pyrolysis
Capture of organic iodides from nuclear waste
Chalcogenide aerogels as sorbents for radioactive iodine
Sandia Octahedral Molecular Sieves (SOMS) and their related perovskites in nuclear waste management
Study of nuclear graphite using TGA
Thermal oxidation of nuclear graphite
Thermal characteristics of spent activated carbon (SAC) generated from air cleaning units
Cold-cap reactions in vitrification of nuclear waste glass
TA in vitrification of radioactive spent ion exchange resins (SIER) in borosilicate glass
TA in electronics waste recycling
Summary
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