1. Acknowledgements

   Announcement Pages: 3 - 4

2. New Member of the Editorial Board

   Announcement Pages: 5 - 6

3. Kinetic Study of the Thermal Decompositions of Biopolymers Extracted From Various Plants

   • J. Kaloustian
   • A. M. Pauli
   • J. Pastor

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 20

4. Thermal Gradients in TMDSC Samples: A comparison of theory and experimental data

   • F. U. Buehler
   • J. C. Seferis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 30

5. The Adsorption and Curing Behaviors of the Epoxy/Amidoamine System in the Presence of Metal Oxides

   • S.-G. Hong
   • J.-S. Tsai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 46

6. Interactions Between Antiviral Prostaglandins and Biomimetic Membranes: A Langmuir films study

   • M. Courregelongue
   • L. Tamisier
   • P. Peretti

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 57

7. The Reactivity of Manganites in ¹⁸O Isotope Exchange Reactions

   • I. A. Koudriashov
   • G. N. Mazo
   • E. Kemnitz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 68

8. Thermal Analysis of Poly(AN—co—St) and Poly(AN—St—MMA)

   • D. Li
   • J. Gao
   • L. Yang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 74

9. Study of The Thermal Decomposition of Some New Cyanine Dispersed Dyes

   • M. E. M. Emam
   • I. M. M. Kenawy
   • M. A. H. Hafez

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 83

10. Thermal Studies on The Hardening Behaviour of Cements Ground With Additives

    • I. Teoreanu
    • G. Guslicov
    • A. Volceanov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 90

11. Systems Containing Carcinogenic CrO₃ and Cellular Reductants: Thermal and spectroscopic investigation

    • M. Cieślak-Golonka
    • A. Adach
    • K. R. Żurowski

    OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 104

12. Thermal Studies on Solid Complexes of Uracil With Some Divalent Transition Metal Ions

    • H. Ólmez
    • O. Z. Yeşilel
    • H. Içbudak

    OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 116

13. Thermal Decomposition of Several Layered Zirconium Salts

    • L. Szirtes
    • J. Megyeri
    • E. Kuzmann

    OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 123

14. Synthesis, Characterization and Thermal Decomposition of Hydroxylammonium Uranyl Acetate

    • I. Donova
    • V. Stefov
    • S. Aleksovska

    OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 132

15. Structural Investigations of Polyaniline Prepared in the Presence of Dodecylbenzenesulfonic Acid

    • D. Tsotcheva
    • T. Tsanov
    • S. Vassilev

    OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 141

16. Thermodynamic Evaluation of Non-Equilibrium Compositions and Activity of Multicomponent Catalysts in Redox Reactions

    • N. N. Smirnov
    • Yu. G. Shirokov
    • M. V. Nikeshina

    OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 152

17. Comparative Thermogravimetric Studies of Poly(ether-ketone/sulfone) Imides and Their Parent Polymers: I. Poly(ether-ketone/sulfone) ethylimide

    • Z. Y. Ren
    • W. Y. Liu
    • D. Z. Ma

    OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 160

18. Thermal Study of Surfactant and Anion Adsorption on Clinoptilolite

    • A. D. Vujaković
    • M. A. Djuričić
    • M. R. Tomašević-Čanović

    OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 172

19. Thermal Studies of Cobalt(II), Nickel(II) and Copper(II) Complexes of 4-(Sulfonylazido Phenylazo) Pyrazolones

    • S. S. Kandil
    • F. I. Abdel-Hay
    • R. M. Issa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 180

20. Thermal and Structural Investigation of The Reaction Between 1,2-propanediol and Ni(NO₃)2⋅6H₂O

    • M. Niculescu
    • N. Vaszilcsin
    • E. Segal

    OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 189

21. On the Thermal Decompositions of the Trivalent Trioxalato Complexes of Al, Cr, Mn, Fe and Co

    • N. Rajić
    • D. Stojakovic
    • R. Gabrovšek

    OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 195

22. Thermal Behaviour of Ammonium Oxofluorotitanates(IV)

    • N. M. Laptash
    • E. B. Merkulov
    • I. G. Maslennikova

    OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 204

23. Investigating Isothermal DSC Method to Distinguish Between Cocoa Butter and Cocoa Butter Alternatives

    • K. Kerti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 219

24. Thermogravimetric and Spectroscopic Studies on Cadmium Complexes With Two Salicylidene Thiophenol Schiff Bases

    • A. A. Soliman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 231

25. The Role of Liquid Water in Crystalline Hydrate Dehydration: Copper sulphate pentahydrate

    • S. de Castelnuovo
    • J. B. Harness
    • I. J. McColm

    OriginalPaper Pages: 233 - 247

26. Microcalorimetric Evaluation of Precipitation in Cu–2Be–0.2Mg

    • E. Donoso
    • A. Varschavsky

    OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 266

27. Isothermal Reduction Behaviour of Undoped and Ca-, K- and P-doped NiMoMO₄ Phases Used For Selective Propane Oxydehydrogenation

    • A. Kaddouri
    • R. Del Rosso
    • D. Fumagalli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 267 - 277

28. Thermoanalytical Investigation of Formamide Intercalated Kaolinites Under Quasi-isothermal Conditions

    • J. Kristóf
    • E. Horváth
    • J. T. Kloprogge

    OriginalPaper Pages: 279 - 289

29. Thermo-kinetic Investigation of Optimum Growth Temperature of Petroleum Bacteria

    • Z.-D. Nan
    • Y. Xiang
    • H.-T. Sun

    OriginalPaper Pages: 291 - 296

30. Heat Capacities and Thermodynamic Properties of Fenpropathrin (C₂₂H₂₃O₃N)

    • Z.-C. Tan
    • B. Xue
    • Y.-J. Song

    OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 308

31. Thermal Stability of 4-chloro-2-nitro- and 4-chloro-3-nitrobenzoates of Rare Earth Elements: Influence of substituent positions

    • W. Ferenc
    • A. Walków-Dziewulska

    OriginalPaper Pages: 309 - 316

32. Application of DSC Method for Thermal Stability and Flammability Assessment of Modified Polyurethanes

    • K. Pielichowski
    • D. Słotwińska
    • J. Pielichowski

    BriefCommunication Pages: 317 - 321

33. Events

    Announcement Pages: 323 - 323

34. Introduction to Engineering Thermodynamics, Richard E. Sonntag and Claus Borgnakke, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 2001, 489pp, indexed

    • Zsolt Fonyó

    BookReview Pages: 325 - 326

35. Chemical Thermodynamics: Basic Theory and Methods, Irving M. Klotz and Robert M. Rosenberg, John Wiley and Sons, New York, N.Y., 2000, 6th ed. xxi+556 pp. Figs and tables. ISBN 0-471-33107-4 (Hb), £ 58.50/Eur 93.70

    • Miklós Gál

    BookReview Pages: 327 - 327