Handbook of thermal analysis and calorimetry. Vol. 5 Recent advances, techniques and applications/ Michael E. Brown, Patrick K. Gallagher.

Front Cover; Recent Advances, Techniques and Applications; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO RECENT ADVANCES, TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS; 1. THE HANDBOOK OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY; 2. THE LITERATURE OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY; 3. NOMENCLATURE; 4. RECENT ADVANCES IN TECHNIQUES; 5. ADVANCES IN APPLICATIONS; 6. KINETICS; 7. ADDITIONAL TOPICS; 8. QUALITY CONTROL; CHAPTER 2. DEVELOPMENTS IN NOMENCLATURE; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. 2006 ICTAC NOMENCLATURE OF THERMAL ANALYSIS.
3. comments on the 2006 ictac nomenclature of thermal analysis4. a convenient nomenclature for calorimeters; 5. other possible nomenclatures for calorimeters; 6. conclusions; 7. references; chapter 3. micro-thermal analysis and related techniques; 1. introduction; 2. scanning thermal microscopy (sthm); 3. localised thermal analysis; 4. localised chemical analysis; 5. conclusions; 6. references; chapter 4. pulse thermal analysis; 1. introduction; 2. experimental; 3. calibration of spectrometric signals in hyphenated thermoanalytical techniques.
4. quantification of the spectrometric signals in a ta-ms-ftir system5. injection of a gas which reacts with the solid; 6. injection of a gas which adsorbs on the solid; 7. conclusions; 8. references; chapter 5. the quartz crystal microbalance; 1. high sensitivity balances: their role in thermal analysis and calorimetry; 2. early history of the quartz crystal microbalance; 3. the literature of thermal analysis and of the quartz crystal microbalance; 4. principles of operation of the quartz crystal microbalance (qcm); 5. detection electronics.
6. is the transverse shear mode resonator a true microbalance?7. practical details; 8. chemical and biological applications of the qcm; 9. sensors; 10. the quartz crystal microbalance/heat conduction calorimeter; 11. references; chapter 6. heating stage spectroscopy: infrared, raman, energy dispersive x-ray and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; 1. infrared emission spectroscopy; 2. heating stage raman spectroscopy; 3. thermal studies of materials using heating and cooling stage scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive x-ray nalysis; 4. heating stage photoelectron spectroscopy (xps).
5. CONCLUSIONS6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 7. REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. ELECTRICAL TECHNIQUES; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; 3. DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY IN MODEL SYSTEMS AND ASSIGNMENT OF MOLECULAR MOTIONS; 4. THERMALLY STIMULATED DEPOLARIZATION CURRENTS; 5. CONCLUSIONS; 6. REFERENCES ; CHAPTER 8. BENEFITS AND POTENTIALS OF HIGH PERFORMANCE DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY (HPer DSC); 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. MAJOR CHALLENGES; 3. HIGH-SPEED CALORIMETRY; 4. CONCLUSIONS; 5. REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. DYNAMIC PULSE CALORIMETRY- THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLID AND LIQUID METALS AND ALLOYS.