Analytical Calorimetry, 1970
Proceedings of the Symposium on Analytical Calorimetry at the meeting of the American Chemical Society, held in Chicago, Illinois, September 13-18, 1970

Thermal analysis cuts a broad swath through contemporary science. Within this domain, advances in instrumentation permit the application of quantitative calorimetry to the full spectrum of modern materials. This can be illustrated perhaps no better than by the set of contributions which make up this Volume II of Analytical Calorimetry. Comprehensive studies are included on an array of polymers, copolymers, and polyblends. Calorimetry is also reported on biopolymers, gels, liquid crystals, alloys, and on a variety of inorganic compounds and materials including moon rocks. Applica­ tions of calorimetric techniques to chemical reaction are also detailed. These include t~e study of decompositions, catalytic reductions, kinetics of dissolution, and the measurement of poly­ merization heats as well as the curing of thermosetting resins. The techniques employed are principally differential thermal analysis and differential scanning calorimetry. Several contribu­ tors have also illustrated the application of important and related techniques such as thermogravimetry, thermal depolarization analysis, and thermetric titrations. The contributions to this volume represent papers presented before the American Chemical Society Symposium held in Chicago, September 14 and 15, 1970. This symposium 0n Analytical Calori­ metry was sponsored by the Division of Analytical Chemistry.

A Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Annealing Study on Melting of Polyethylene Dilute Solution Crystals after Radiation Crosslinking.- Calorimetry of Drawn and Rolled Linear Polyethylene of High and Low Crystallinity.- The Effect of Bromination on the Melting Point and Heat of Fusion of Polyethylene Crystals.- Thermal Properties of Partially Hydrolyzed Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate Copolymers.- Thermoanalytic Measurements of Impact Modified Polyblends.- Thermal Analysis of Plasticized Elastomer Systems.- Thermodynamical and Statistical Mechanical Implications Associated with Grüneisen Ratios Calculated by Various Formulations.- Molecular Weight Determination of Carboxyl-Terminated Polystyrene by Thermometric Titration.- DTA of Polysulfone.- Scanning Calorimetry of Mesophase Transitions: Marker’s Acid.- Effects of Substituent Chains on the Mesomorphism of the Schiff’s Bases of p-Aminocinnamic acid Esters.- Synthesis and Calorimetry of Some Derivatives of Dibenzazepine.- Plater Binding Index of Proteins as Determined by Differential Microcalorimetry.- The Molecular Weight Dependence of the Transition Enthalpy of Poly- -Benzyl-L-Glutamate.- Derivative Thermogravimetrie Analysis of an Epoxy Adhesive and a Phenolic-Silica Prepreg.- A Dynamic Differential Calorimetric Technique for Measuring Heats of Polymerization.- Thermal Methods for Determination of Degree of Cure of Thermosets.- Dynamic Cure Analysis of Thermosetting Polymers.- Differential Thermal Analysis of Thermally Reversible Gels.- Thermal Behavior of Aqueous Gelatin Solutions.- Some Calorimetric Measurements on Adducts of Organotin Halides with Nitrogen Bases.- Thermal Analysis Studies of the Decomposition of Hydrated and Deuterated Rochelle Salts.- Stored Energy Measurements in Apollo 11 Lunar Samples by Differential Thermal Analysis.- Determination of the Heat of Transition of Sodium, Rubidium and Cesium Tetrafluoroborate.- Thermal Analysis of Hydroxylammonium Perchlorate.- Glass Transition Phenomena in Vapor Quenched Bi-Se Alloys.- Kinetics of Dissolution of Magnesium Oxide in a Sodium Silicate Melt.- Improvement of Calorimetric Accuracy of DTA by Precision Sample Packing.- The Application of High Pressure DSC to Catalytic Reduction Studies.- The Effect of Environment on Quantitative Measurements by Differential Scanning Calorimetry.- A General Method for Characterizing Thermoanalytical Data.- Thermal Analyses of Polymers. VI. Thermal Depolarization Analysis (TDA).- The Application of Combined Differential Scanning Calorimetry-Mass Spectrometry (DSC-MS) to the Study of Thermal and Oxidative Decompositions.- The Reduction of DSC Curves and the Calculation of Refined Autocatalytic Rate Constants by a Computer Technique.- Thermal Resistance Factors in Differential Scanning Calorimetry.