1. Preface

   EditorialNotes 19 July 2007 Pages: 317 - 318

2. Congratulations

   • Joe Menczel
   • Rick Seyler

   Announcement 19 July 2007 Pages: 319 - 319

3. Thermal analysis of macromolecules

   • B. Wunderlich

   ReviewPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 321 - 356

4. How did we find the rigid amorphous phase?

   • J. D. Menczel
   • M. Jaffe

   OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 357 - 362

5. Thermal change of Alq₃, tris(8-hydroxyquinolinato) aluminum(III) studied by TG and XRD-DSC

   • M. H. Wang
   • Y. Sawada
   • R. Ozao

   OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 363 - 366

6. A method for constant-rate heating of milligram-sized samples

   • S. I. Stoliarov
   • R. N. Walters
   • R. E. Lyon

   OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 367 - 371

7. Thermal properties of compounds possessing both solid-phase and gas-phase flame retardant potential

   • Bob A. Howell

   OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 373 - 377

8. Highly active and reusable heterogeneous catalysts for acylation of anisole

   • H. -L. Hsu
   • Rosilda Selvin
   • T. -M. Her

   OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 379 - 383

9. Thermal analysis as a tool in the study of GMM in Angra Dos Reis region, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

   • J. M. P. Garcia
   • H. F. M. Filho
   • L. V. Zuquette

   OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 385 - 388

10. Derivation of the Kissinger equation for non-isothermal glass transition peaks

    • A. A. Soliman

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 389 - 392

11. The utilization of TG/GC/MS in the establishment of the mechanism of poly(styrene) degradation

    • Bob A. Howell

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 393 - 398

12. Isoconversional vs. Model fitting methods

    • A. Pratap
    • T. Lilly Shanker Rao
    • Heena D. Dhurandhar

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 399 - 405

13. A historical and current perspective on predicting thermal cookoff behavior

    • A. K. Burnham
    • R. K. Weese
    • J. L. Maienschein

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 407 - 415

14. Investigation of the rigid amorphous fraction in Nylon-6

    • H. Chen
    • Peggy Cebe

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 417 - 425

15. Thermal decomposition mechanisms common to polyurethane, epoxy, poly(diallyl phthalate), polycarbonate and poly(phenylene sulfide)

    • K. L. Erickson

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 427 - 440

16. Thermal analysis of flammability

    • R. E. Lyon
    • R. N. Walters
    • S. I. Stoliarov

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 441 - 448

17. Stability of vinylidene chloride copolymers containing 4-vinylpyridine units

    • B. A. Howell
    • Adeyinka O. Odelana

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 449 - 452

18. Isothermal cure characterization of dicyclopentadiene

    • X. Liu
    • X. Sheng
    • M. R. Kessler

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 453 - 457

19. The influence of cross-linking agents on ring-opening metathesis polymerized thermosets

    • X. Sheng
    • M. R. Kessler
    • J. K. Lee

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 459 - 464

20. Exploring the physical, chemical and thermal characteristics of a new potentially insensitive high explosive RX-55-AE-5

    • R. K. Weese
    • A. K. Burnham
    • T. D. Tran

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 465 - 473

21. Thermodynamic analysis of pure and impurity doped pentaerythritol tetranitrate crystals grown at room temperature

    • R. Pitchimani
    • W. Zheng
    • B. L. Weeks

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 475 - 478

22. A comparison of isoconversional and model-fitting approaches to kinetic parameter estimation and application predictions

    • A. K. Burnham
    • L. N. Dinh

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 479 - 490

23. Thermal behavior of antimony nanowire arrays embedded in anodic aluminum oxide template

    • X. Zhang
    • Y. Ding
    • L. Zhang

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 493 - 497

24. Thermal behaviour of [Ca(H₂O)₄](NO₃)₂

    • Anna Migdał-Mikuli
    • Joanna Hetmańczyk
    • Ł. Hetmańczyk

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 499 - 503

25. Non-isothermal kinetic study on the decomposition of Zn acetate-based Sol-gel precursor

    • V. Muşat
    • P. Budrugeac
    • E. Segal

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 505 - 509

26. Thermal decomposition of the composite hydrotalcites of iowaite and woodallite

    • Jocelyn M. Bouzaid
    • R. L. Frost
    • W. N. Martens

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 511 - 519

27. Spectral and thermal studies on new hydrazinium metal sulfite dihydrates

    • L. Vikram
    • D. S. Shanthakumar
    • B. N. Sivasankar

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 521 - 524

28. Multicyclic study on the carbonation of CaO using different limestones

    • K. Chrissafis

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 525 - 529

29. Study on the non-isothermal kinetics of decomposition of 4Na₂SO₄·2H₂O₂·NaCl

    • Z. Hong-Kun
    • T. Cao
    • Q. Qi-Shu

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 531 - 536

30. Metastable effects on martensitic transformation in SMA

    • C. Auguet
    • A. Isalgue
    • V. Torra

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 537 - 542

31. Non-isothermal kinetic study of the thermal decomposition of diaminoglyoxime and diaminofurazan

    • I. Kohsari
    • S. M. Pourmortazavi
    • S. S. Hajimirsadeghi

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 543 - 546

32. Kinetics of thermal decomposition of mixed-ligand nikkel(II) and copper(II) complexes of 4-acyl pyrazolone derivative and pyridine

    • G. -C. Xu
    • L. Zhang
    • D. -Z. Jia

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 547 - 553

33. Orotic acid complexes of Co(II), Ni(II), Zn(II) and Cd(II) with imidazole

    • O. Z. Yeşilel
    • H. Ölmez
    • H. İçbudak

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 555 - 559

34. Thermoanalytical investigation of 1,2-diimidazoloethane complexes of copper, mercury and cadmium by TG-DTG-DTA techniques in static air atmosphere

    • M. Arshad
    • A. H. Qureshi
    • K. Masud

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 561 - 566

35. Two Mn(II) chloride complexes containing guest molecules

    • Q. Yang
    • S. Chen
    • S. Gao

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 567 - 571

36. Thermal decomposition of [Cd(NH₃)₆](NO₃)₂

    • E. Mikuli
    • M. Liszka
    • M. Molenda

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 573 - 578

37. Synthesis, spectroscopic and thermal characterization of Co(II) tetrahydrogen hexaoxoiodate tetrahydrate

    • Deyanka Nikolova

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 579 - 581

38. Crystal structure and thermal analysis of diaquadi (1,2,4-triazol-5-one)zinc(II) ion nitrate

    • N. Li
    • S. P. Chen
    • S. L. Gao

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 583 - 588

39. Calorimetric determination of activated carbons in aqueous solutions

    • Liliana Giraldo
    • J. C. Moreno-Piraján

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 589 - 594

40. Production of bscco bulk high T _c superconductors by sol-gel method and their characterization by ftir and XRD techniques

    • M. Arshad
    • A. H. Qureshi
    • N. K. Qazi

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 595 - 600

41. Thermal and structural characterization of poly(ethylene-oxide)/keratin blend films

    • C. Tonin
    • A. Aluigi
    • F. Ferrero

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 601 - 608

42. Synthesis, characterization and thermal analysis of polyaniline (PANI)/Co₃O₄ composites

    • S. X. Wang
    • L. X. Sun
    • Y. S. Li

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 609 - 612

43. Effect of the type of nanoaddition on the thermal properties of polyacrylonitrile fibres

    • Grażyna Janowska
    • Teresa Mikołajczyk
    • M. Boguń

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 613 - 618

44. Determination of water, ammonium nitrate and sodium nitrate content in ‘water-in-oil’ emulsions using TG and DSC

    • Romana Cerc Korošec
    • Petra Kajič
    • P. Bukovec

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 619 - 624

45. Study by thermal methods on the materials obtained by dye removal from waste waters with beech flour

    • Lucia Odochian
    • Viorica Dulman
    • A. Pui

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 625 - 631

46. Pyrolysis study of a hydride-sol-gel silica

    • R. Campostrini
    • A. Sicurelli
    • G. Carturan

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 633 - 641

47. Low-temperature heat capacity and thermodynamic properties of crystalline lead formate

    • J. Zhang
    • Y. Y. Liu
    • Y. Sawada

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 643 - 647

48. Heat capacity of D- and DL-serine in a temperature range of 5.5 to 300 K

    • V. A. Drebushchak
    • Yulia A. Kovalevskaya
    • Elena V. Boldyreva

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 649 - 654

49. Hydrothermal synthesis and thermodynamic properties of 2CaO·3B₂O₃·H₂O

    • Z. -H. Liu
    • H. -S. Huang
    • C. -F. Zuo

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2007 Pages: 655 - 658