Isoconversional Kinetics of Thermally Stimulated Processes
The use of isoconversional kinetic methods for analysis of thermogravimetric and calorimetric data on thermally stimulated processes is quickly growing in popularity. The purpose of this book is to create the first comprehensive resource on the theory and
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Sergey Vyazovkin
Isoconversional Kinetics of Thermally Stimulated Processes
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Sergey Vyazovkin Department of Chemistry University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham Alabama USA
ISBN 978-3-319-14174-9 ISBN 978-3-319-14175-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-14175-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015930832 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science + Business Media (www.springer.com)
To those who believe in the success of hopeless enterprises
Prologue
The beginning of philosophy is to know the condition of one’s own mind Epictetus, Golden Sayings: XLVI
I have been developing and using isoconversional kinetics for about 25 years. A little over a decade ago, I started thinking about writing a book on this fascinating topic. However, it was only a year ago that I finally decided to invest my time and effort in actually doing it. My decision was spurred by a dramatic growth of interest in isoconversional kinetics and thus, of the potential audience for this book. In the past three years, (2012–2014) there have been around 2000 publications that use isoconversional methods for kinetic analysis. Barely one third of that number of such papers was published for the same period 10 years ago (2002–2004). That is why now seems like the opportune time for such a book to appear and make an impact. I discovered isoconversional methods in the late 1980s when I was a graduate student. “Discovered” is really the right word here. Back then, the field of thermal analysis kinetics was ruled by single heating rate methods, and the method of Coats and Redfern was probably an uncrowned king. Like most workers at that time, I followed suit and started working with these methods. It seemed to me that by improving the computational and statistical aspects I could make the single heating rate methods produce uniq
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