Determination of kinetic mechanisms for reactions measured with thermoanalytical instruments

Abstract

The work considers the methods and techniques, allowing the assignment of the kinetic mechanisms to the chemical reactions evaluated from signals of thermoanalytical measurements. It describes which information about the kinetic mechanisms can be found from either model-free or model-based methods. The work considers the applicability of both methods and compares their results. The multiple-step reactions with well-separated peaks can be equally analyzed by both methods, but for overlapping peaks or for simultaneously running parallel reactions the model-free methods provide irrelevant results. © The Author(s) 2012.