1. Acknowledgements

   Legacy Pages: 611 - 612

2. New Regional Editor – Prof. Valter José Fernandes, Jr.

   Introduction Pages: 613 - 613

3. First Brazilian Congress on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (I CBRATEC)

   Preface Pages: 615 - 616

4. Contribution to the Study of the Solid-state Reaction of Mercury With Pure Rhodium

   • E. Milaré
   • F. L. Fertonani
   • M. Ionashiro

   OriginalPaper Pages: 617 - 624

5. Study of the Crystallization Kinetics. Poly(ethylene oxide) and a blend of poly(ethylene oxide) and poly(bisphenol A-co-epichlorohydrin)

   • L. E. Cohen
   • A. M. Rocco

   OriginalPaper Pages: 625 - 632

6. Kinetic Analysis of the Decomposition of Chelates of Di-alkyldithiocarbamate of Cd(II)

   • A. Gouveia Souza
   • M. C. Nóbrega Machado
   • M. F. Severo Trindade

   OriginalPaper Pages: 633 - 642

7. Yeast Intracellular Water Determination by Thermogravimetry

   • E. B. Alcázar
   • M. H. M. Rocha-Leăo
   • J. Dweck

   OriginalPaper Pages: 643 - 648

8. Acid Properties of SiMCM-41 Mesoporous Molecular Sieve

   • A. S. Araujo
   • V. J. Fernandes Jr.
   • S. A. Verissimo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 649 - 655

9. Application of Thermal Analysis in The Characterization of Anti-hypertensive Drugs

   • R. O. Macêdo
   • T. Gomes do Nascimento
   • A. P. Barreto Gomes

   OriginalPaper Pages: 657 - 661

10. Solid-state Compounds of 4-chloro-benzylidenepyruvate With Lanthanides. Preparation and thermal studies

    • N. S. Fernandes
    • M. A. S. Carvalho Filho
    • M. Ionashiro

    OriginalPaper Pages: 663 - 668

11. Preparation and Thermal Decomposition of Solid-state Cinnamates of Lighter Trivalent Lanthanides

    • M. A. S. Carvalho Filho
    • N. S. Fernandes
    • M. Ionashiro

    OriginalPaper Pages: 669 - 674

12. Synthesis And Kinetic Analysis of Poly(2,2'-dymethoxy-4,4'-biphenylenevinylene. A novel conducting polymer

    • A. M. L. Silva
    • R. W. C. Li
    • J. Gruber

    OriginalPaper Pages: 675 - 680

13. Heat Capacities and Thermal Properties of a Homogeneous Ethylene-1-octene Copolymer by Adiabatic Calorimetry

    • P. J. van Ekeren
    • L. D. Ionescu
    • J. C. van Miltenburg

    OriginalPaper Pages: 683 - 697

14. Melt Behaviour of Poly(p-xylylene) (PPX) Coated Gel-spun UHMW-PE Fibers As Revealed by Temperature Modulated DSC

    • U. Göschel
    • G. W. H. Höhne

    OriginalPaper Pages: 699 - 709

15. DSC and FTIR Analyses of The Curing Behavior of Epoxy/dicy/solvent Systems on Hermetic Specimens

    • S.-G. Hong
    • C.-S. Wu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 711 - 719

16. Relaxation Transitions in Thermally Treated Polyaniline Films

    • D. Tsocheva
    • T. Zlatkov
    • L. Terlemezyan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 721 - 727

17. Characterization of Silver Flake Lubricants

    • D. Lu
    • C. P. Wong

    OriginalPaper Pages: 729 - 740

18. Thermal Degradation of The Poly(m-phenylene Oxadiazole) Molecules in Sulphuric Acid

    • P. N. Lavrenko
    • O. V. Okatova
    • B. Schulz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 741 - 746

19. Thermal Dissociation in Dynamic Conditions by Modeling Thermogravimetric Curves Using The Logarithm of Conversion Degree

    • A. Mianowski

    OriginalPaper Pages: 747 - 762

20. Kinetic Study on Pyrolysis of Extracted Oil Palm Fiber. Isothermal and non-isothermal conditions

    • J. Guo
    • A. C. Lua

    OriginalPaper Pages: 763 - 774

21. Thermal Behavior of Galena Ore in Chlorine Atmospheres

    • M. A. Luengos
    • E. Ambrosio
    • D. M. Pasquevich

    OriginalPaper Pages: 775 - 789

22. Synthesis, Characterization and Thermal Decomposition of M1[M2(C2O4)2]xH2O (x=5 for M1=Co and x=4 for M1=Cd; M2=Ni)

    • N. Deb
    • S. D. Baruah
    • N. N. Dass

    OriginalPaper Pages: 791 - 797

23. Spectral and Thermal Studies of Rare Earth Complexes With 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoic Acid

    • W. Brzyska

    OriginalPaper Pages: 799 - 806

24. Kinetic and Thermodynamic Studies of Facial and Meridional uns-cis-[Co(eddp)gly] Complexes

    • N. Petranović
    • D. Minić
    • D. Doković

    OriginalPaper Pages: 807 - 814

25. Synthesis, Characterization and Thermal Studies of Some Iron(III) Complexes of o-Vanillin Oxime

    • M. R. P. Kurup
    • E. Lukose
    • K. Muraleedharan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 815 - 825

26. Synthese Basse Temperature Du Gallate De Zinc

    • C. Beauger
    • P. Grosseau
    • P. Iacconi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 827 - 835

27. The Effects of γ-Irradiation on the Electrokinetic and Thermal Behaviour of Zirconium Hydroxide

    • S. Musić
    • G. Štefanić
    • A. Sekulić

    OriginalPaper Pages: 837 - 846

28. Modeling of the DTG Curves for Oxidation of a Nanosized Molybdenum Ferrite Coupling Mechanics and Diffusion

    • V. Nivoix
    • P. Perriat
    • B. Gillot

    OriginalPaper Pages: 847 - 858

29. Synthesis, Characterization and Thermal Decomposition of the Pyridine Adducts of Co, Ni, Cu and Zn Sulfate

    • V. Jordanovska
    • P. Naumov
    • R. Trojko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 859 - 868

30. Kinetics of Thermal Decomposition of Plumbo-jarosite

    • M. Ózacar
    • A. Alp
    • A. O. Aydin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 869 - 875

31. Effect of Copper on Thermomechanical Characteristics of Amorphous AsSeyIz

    • F. Skuban
    • D. M. Petrović
    • I. O. Gúth

    OriginalPaper Pages: 877 - 883

32. Solid–liquid Equilibria in the Quaternary System Na+, Mg2+//Cl–, SO2–4–H2O at 25 and 30°C

    • L. Zayani
    • R. Rokbani

    OriginalPaper Pages: 885 - 892

33. Diagramme Polythermique Du Systeme Ternaire KCl–FeCl2–H2O Entre 0 Et 70°C

    • A. Atbir
    • L. Aneflous
    • M.-Th. Cohen-Adad

    OriginalPaper Pages: 893 - 900

34. The Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide. A non-linear dynamic model

    • B. Khoumeri
    • N. Balbi
    • J. H. Balbi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 901 - 911

35. Thermodynamic Parameters of Some Schiff Bases Derived From 5,7-dihydroxy-6-formyl-2-methylbenzopyran-4-one

    • O. E. Sherif
    • Y. M. Issa
    • S. M. Abbas

    OriginalPaper Pages: 913 - 926

36. Reactions Invariantes Induisant La Densification Des Varistances ZnO

    • N. Achard
    • J. J. Counioux
    • A. Marchand

    OriginalPaper Pages: 927 - 934

37. Study of The Mechanism and Kinetic Parameters of The Thermal Decomposition of Cobalt Sulphate Hexahydrate

    • J. Straszko
    • M. Olszak-Humienik
    • J. Możejko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 935 - 942

38. Vacancy Contents in MnZn Ferrites From TG Curves

    • O. E. Ayala
    • D. Lardizábal
    • A. González Arias

    OriginalPaper Pages: 943 - 949

39. Complex Formation Between Erythritol and 4-hexylresorcinol

    • L. M. Zhou
    • J. Sirithunyalug
    • K. Yamamoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 951 - 960

40. Thermal Decompositions of Pure and Mixed Manganese Carbonate and Ammonium Molybdate Tetrahydrate

    • W. M. Shaheen
    • M. M. Selim

    OriginalPaper Pages: 961 - 970

41. Thermal Properties of Polycrystalline ZnIn2Se4

    • L. I. Soliman
    • M. H. Wasfi
    • T. A. Hendia

    OriginalPaper Pages: 971 - 976

42. Thermal Stability and Non-isothermal Decomposition Kinetics. Heteropolynuclear compounds of Cu(II)

    • M. Badea
    • R. Olar
    • E. Segal

    OriginalPaper Pages: 977 - 984

43. New Microthermogravimetric Apparatus. Kinetics of metal sulphidation and transport properties of transition metal sulphides

    • Z. Grzesik
    • S. Mrowec
    • J. Dabek

    OriginalPaper Pages: 985 - 997

44. A New Software to Show the Behaviour of the PID Controller. Influence of the setting parameters of DSCs. Part I

    • D. Brunel
    • L. Elegant

    OriginalPaper Pages: 999 - 1015

45. Thermal Properties of Mechanochemically Pretreated Precursors of BaTiO3 Synthesis

    • P. Baláž
    • B. Plešingerová

    BriefCommunication Pages: 1017 - 1021

46. Thermal Measurements on Poly[2,2'-(m-phenylene)-5,5'-bibenzimidazole] Fibers

    • J. D. Menczel

    BriefCommunication Pages: 1023 - 1027

47. Obituary

    Legacy Pages: 1029 - 1030

48. 5th Symposium/Workshops on Pharmacy and Thermal Analysis (PhandTA5)

    Announcement Pages: 1031 - 1031