Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

The prospects of DSC, have been reviewed in a special issue of Thermochimica Acta, which includes a collection of articles on advances of thermal analysis in the twentieth century and expected future developments [232,235,236]. This journal and the Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, where research articles about DSC and its applications are often published, are very useful sources of information on the technique. Although relatively old, the reviews by McNaughton and Mortimer [237] and by Mortimer [238] contain excellent examples of applications of DSC to molecular thermochemistry studies. The analytical uses of DSC, which are outside the scope of this book, can be surveyed, for example, in biannual reviews that appear in the journal Analytical Chemistry [239],... 

Dong, H. B. and Hunt, J. D. (2001). A numerical model for two-pan heat flux DSC. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 64,167-176. 

Liu, Q., Lu, X., Yada, R. (2005). The effect of various potato cultivars at different times during growth on starch content determined by differential scanning calorimetry. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 79(1), 13-18. 

Roduit, B., Borgeta, C., Berger, B., Folly, P., Alonso, B., Aebischer, J.N. and Stoessel, F. (2004) Advanced kinetic tools for the evaluation of decomposition reactions, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 80, 229-36. 

Battistel, E., Attanasio, F., Rialdi, G. (2000) Thermal stability of immobilized a-chymotrypsinogen, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 61(2), 513-525. 

Perdigon-Melon, J.A., Auroux, A. and Bonnetot, B. (2003) Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 72, 443-51. 

E. Robens, J.A. Poulis, C.H. Massen Fast gas adsorption measurements for complicated adsorption mechanisms. In V.A. Tertykh, V. Pokrovskiy (eds.) Proceedings of the 28 International Conference on Vacuum Microbalance Techniques, 1999, Kyiv. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 62 (2000) 429-433. 

Fernandes, L. P, fihen, Zs., Moura, T. R, Novak, C. S., and Sztatisz, J. (2004). Characterization of Lippia sidoides oil extract-P-cyclodextrin complexes using combined thermoanalytical techniques. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 78, 557-573. 

Thermoplastic-modified epoxy resins cured with different functionalities amine mixtures. Kinetics and miscibility study. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Vol.97, No.3, (June 2009), pp. 969-978, ISSN 1388-6150. 

Tiidos, F. and David, P.K. (1996) Comments on the interpretation of temperature dependence of processes in polymers. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 47, 589-593. 

Gjurova, K., Becher, C., Troev, K., and Borisov, G. Thermal behavior of rigid polyurethane foams. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 31(4), 835-864 (1986). 

The term thermal analysis can be applied to any technique which involves the measurement of a physical quantity while the temperature is changed or maintained in a controlled and measured fashion as expressed in Fig. 2.4. Usually the temperature is, for simplicity, kept constant or increased linearly with time. Recently, it was found advantageous to superimpose a small modulation of the temperature to check for the reversibility of the measurement and to separate the calorimeter response from inadvertent gains or losses that do not occur with this modulation frequency (see Sect. 4.4). The professional organizations of thermal analysis are the International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, ICTAC, and the North American Thermal Analysis Society, NAT AS, described in some detail in Figs. 2.5 and 2.6, respectively. The most common journals dealing with thermal analysis techniques and results are ThermochimicaActa and the Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 

Key research papers in DSC are often presented in Thermochimica Acta and the Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. Progress in DSC is also reported in the Proceedings of the International Conferences on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, ICTAC. The annual Proceedings of the Meeting of the North American Thermal Analysis Society, NATAS, are also a useful source of informadon. 

Juhasz, R, Varga, J., Belina, K., and Marand, H. 2003. Determination of the equilibrium melting point of the P-form of polypropylene. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 69 561-574. 

Montsarrat S, Roman E, and Colomer P (2003) Study of crystallization and melting region of PET and PEN and their hlends by TMDSC. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 72 657-666. 

Charsley EL, Rooney JJ, Hill JO, et al. (2003) Development and applications of a preparative scale sample controlled thermal analysis system. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry IT. 1091. 

G. Markovi6, S. Samarzija-Jovanovib, V. JovanovR, M. Marinovic-Cincovic, Thermal stability of CR/CSM rubber blends filled with nano-and micro-silica particles. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 100 (3) (2010) 881-888. 

A.V. Maldhure, A.R. Chaudhari, J.D. Ekhe, Thermal and structural studies of polypropylene blended with esterified industrial waste lignin. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 103 (2) (2011) 625-632. 

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