Using thermoanalytical data: Part 6. Heat transfer contribution in TG/DTA/DSC data processing: non-isothermal kinetics — do they become “applied science” by exiting the “dichotomy”?

Abstract After a brief overview of the state of the art of kinetic study of solid state reactions, a new promising approach is described. Whilst details of such an approach have been previously reported, the model and its performances are presented here as an overall picture, including the evaluation of the heat transfer perturbations induced in both TG and DTA/DSC. A summary of the results obtained with CaC2O4·H2O is also reported, and a strategy is suggested, which should be used when facing the problem of such a kinetic evaluation or, in general, when processing data according to an assumed model.