Handbook of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry: Principles and Practice (Volume 1) (Handbook of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Volume 1)

Handbook of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Volume 1: Principles and Practice describes the basic background information common to thermal analysis and calorimetry in general. Thermodynamic and kinetic principles are discussed along with the instrumentation and methodology associated with thermoanalytical and calorimetric techniques. The purpose is to collect the discussion of these general principles and minimize redundancies in the subsequent volumes that are concerned with the applications of these principles and methods. More unique methods, which pertain to specific processes or materials, are covered in later volumes. As a new and exciting field of interdisciplinary macromolecular science and engineering, polymeric materials will have a profound presence in 21st century chemical, pharmaceutical, biomedical, manufacturing, infrastructure, electronic, optical and information technologies. The origin of this field derived from an area of polymer science and engineering encompassing plastic technologies. The field is rapidly expanding to incorporate new interdisciplinary research areas such as biomaterials, macromolecular biology, novel macromolecular structures, environmental macromolecular science and engineering, innovative and nano-fabrications of products, and is translating discoveries into technologies v. 1. Principles and practice / edited by Michael E. Brown v. 2. Applications to inorganic and miscellaneous materials / edited by Michael E. Brown, Patrick K. Gallagher v. 3. Applications to polymers and plastics / edited by Stephen Z.D. Cheng v. 4. From macromolecules to man / edited by R.B. Kemp. The terms thermal analysis (TA) and calorimetry denote a variety of measuring methods, which involve a change in the temperature of the sample to be investigated.