Front Matter; Historical Overview; Decomposition Mechanism; Decomposition Kinetics; Methodology; Decomposition Conditions and the Molar Enthalpy; The Self-cooling Effect; The Topley-Smith Effect; Impact of Vapour Condensation on the Reaction Enthalpy; Thermochemical Analysis of the Composition of the Primary Products; Effect of the Reactant Crystal Structure on the Composition of the Primary Decomposition Products; Vaporization Coefficients; The Kinetic Compensation Effect; Conclusions; Instruments for Thermogravimetric Measurements
Summary
Covers the results of investigations into the mechanisms and kinetics of thermal decompositions of solid and liquid substances on the basis of thermochemical analyses of the processes. This work explains the main features of these reactions, and interprets many problems and unusual phenomena, which have accumulated in this field are interpreted
