PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTHNORTH AMERICAN

THERMAL ANALYSIS SOCIETYC ONFERENCE

UB/TIB Hannover VOL. IS

NATASOCTOBER 18-21 , 1981

NEW ORLEANS. LOUISIANA

THE ELEVENTH

NORTH AMERICAN THERMAL ANALYSIS SOCIETY

CONFERENCE

Technical Proqram

GENERAL SESSION (Ballroom GH)

Monday MorningOctober 19

9:00 OPENING REMARKS: Dr. Edith A. Turi, NATASPresident

Dr. Philip S. Gill, ConferenceChairman

METtLER AWARD PRESENTATION

9:20 METTLER AWARD ADDRESS. NON-ISOTHERMAL KINETICSAND THEIR APPLICATION TO THERMAL ANALYSIS.Dr. Takeo Ozawa, Electrotechnical Laboratory,Ibaraki, Japan.

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SESSION AI (Ballroom GH)

SYMPOSIUM ON THE APPLICATION OF THERMAL ANALYSIS TO ENERGYRESEARCH. F. Noel, Imperial Oil, Chairman

Monday MorningOctober 19 F. Noel, Presiding

10:30 (1) SPECIAL LECTURE. APPLICATIONS OF THERMAL ANALYSISIN ENERGY CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES. J. DuBowPolytechnic Institute of N.Y.

11:10 (2) CHARACTERIZATION OF RADIATION-CROSSLINKED HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE FOR THERMAL ENERGY STORAGEAPPLICATIONS. R. B. Whitaker, S. M. Craven,D. E. Etter, E. F. Jendrek, The Mound Facility(Monsanto).

11:30 (3) SOLID-SOLID PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS IN BINARYALLOYS OF PENTAERYTHRITOL AND HOMOLOGOUSCOMPOUNDS. D. K. Benson, R. W. Burrows,D. E. Artus, Solar Energy Res. Inst.

11:50 (*) THE USE OF SOLID STATE PHASE TRANSITIONS FORTHERMAL ENERGY STORAGE. A. J. Leffler,J. A. Myers, D. I. Weinstein, Villanova Univ.

SESSION All (Ballroom C)

GENERAL PAPERS, POLYMERS

Monday MorningOctober 19 M. Jaffe, Celanese, Presiding

10:30 (5) THERMAL EXPANSION OF ULTRA-DRAWN POLYSTYRENE.L. H. Wang and R. S. Porter. Univ. Mass.

10:50 (6) HIGH-PRESSURE VOLUME DILATOMETRY AS A THERMO-ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE APPLIED TO POLYMERS.P. Zoller, E. I. Du Pont Co.

11:10 (7) FORCED VIBRATION STUDIES OF POLYMERS BY DYNAMICMECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS. J. W. M. Fursdon,Polymer Laboratories.

11:30 (8) CHARACTERIZATION OF ELASTOMERS BY THERMALANALYSIS. A. K. Sircar, J. M. Huber Corp.

11:50 (9) THERMAL MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OP SULFONATED EPDMIONOMERS. J. J. Maurer and G. D. Harvey, Exxon.

SESSION AIII (Ballroom F)

GENERAL PAPERS, METALS AND OXIDES

Monday MorningOctober 19 J. P. Schelz, Johnson & Johnson, Presiding

10:30 (10) THE APPLICATION OF DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSISTO A HIGH TEMPERATURE FORGING ALLOY.J. S. Fipphen and E. K. Weaver, Wyman-Gordon Co.

10:50 (11) DTA CHARACTERIZATION OF RAPIDLY SOLIDIFIEDPOWDERS. J. A. Domingue, W. J. Boesch andG. E. Maurer, Special Metals Corp.

11:10 (12) DSC ANALYSIS OF PRECIPITATE MICROSTRUCTURES INAl 7075 AFTER MULTI-STAGE AGING. J. M. Papazian,Grumman Aerospace Corp.

11:30 (13) A DSC TECHNIQUE TO MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF INDIUMOR TIN LEACHED FROM LEAD BASED SOLDERS BY ROSINFLUXES. S. Teed and V. Marcotte, IBM.

11:50 (14) A DSC STUDY OF THE HEAT CAPACITY AND PHASETRANSITION IN CALCIUM-DOPED NICKEL OXIDES.V. Lorprayoon, W. M. Lee and B. C. Cornilsen,Michigan Tech. Univ.

SESSION BI (Ballroom GH)

SYMPOSIUM ON THE APPLICATION OF THERMAL ANALYSISTO ENERGY RESEARCH. F. Noel, Imperial Oil

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F. Noel, Presiding

THERMAL CHARACTERIZATION OF LITHIUM ALUMINATE/ALKALI CARBONATE ELECTROLYTE STRUCTURES.G. H. Kucera, Argonne National Laboratory

THE APPLICATION OF THERMAL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUESIN THE RECOVERY OF ENERGY AND CHROME FROMTANNERY WASTES. H. S. Muralidhara, andR. Newell, Battelle Columbus Labs, andEnergy Inc.

THERMAL ANALYSIS OF MELTING AND FREEZINGOF JET AND DIESEL FUELS. C. T. Moynihan,M. R. Shahriari, and T. Bardakci, CatholicUniversity.

INVESTIGATION OF THE LATENT HEAT OF THERMALENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS. IV. THERMALANALYTICAL EVALUATION OF EUTECTIC MIXTURESOF LiOH, NaOH, and KOH. Y. Tokahashi,M. Kamimoto, R. Sakamoto, K. Kanari, andT. Ozawa, Electrotechnical Laboratory.

HIGH PRESSURE DSC STUDY OF REFUSE DERIVEDFUELS. W. Tsang, and J. A. Walker, NBS.

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ON THE VALIDITY OF A FIRST-ORDER KINETICSSCHEME FOR THE THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF OILSHALE KEROGEN. K. Rajeshwar and J. DuBow,Colorado State University.

THERMAL STUDIES OF CARBOHYDRATE GASIFICATION.K. S. Gregorski, A. E. Pavlath, USDA.

THERMAL ANALYSIS OF COAL AND PEAT COMPONENTS.R. L. Amey, and C. D. West, Occidental College

CALORIFIC VALUE OF FOSSIL FUELS AND BIOMASSBY PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY.L. C. Hovsepian and B. K. Hovsepian,E. I. Du Pont Co.

SESSION BII (Ballroom C)

SYMPOSIUM ON CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL EFFECTS OFWATER IN POLYMERS. H. E. Bair, Bell Laboratories, Chairman

Monday AfternoonOctober 19 H. E. Bair, Presiding

1:30 (24) THE NATURE OF BOUND WATER IN POLYMERS.S. P. Rowland, Southern Regional ResearchCenter.

1:55 (25) DIFFERENTIATION OF BOUND VERSUS FREE WATER INA POLYMER BY DSC. H. E. Bair, Bell Labs.

2:20 (26) THE WATER INDUCED PLASTICIZATION OF EPOXYRESINS. P. Moy, Ethicon and F. E. Karasz,U. of Mass.

2:40 (27) HYDROLYSIS OF POLYCARBONATE: CORRELATINGPHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL FACTORS. C. A. Pryde,and H. E. Bair, Bell Labs.

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3:20 (28) THE HYDROLYTIC STABILITY OF POLYCARBONATE ANDPOLY-(BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE). P. G.Kelleher, C. A. Pryde and R. p. Wentz,Bell Labs.

3:40 (29) AGING OF POLY (1,4-BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE)PRODUCTS AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND HIGHRELATIVE HUMIDITY. W. F. H. Borman. GeneralElectric Co.

4:00 (30) THERMAL TRANSITIONS AND PHYSICAL AGING INGELATIN. A. S. Marshall and S. E. B. Petrie,Eastman Kodak Co.

4:20 (31) THE EFFECT OF WATER ON THE FLEXURAL STRENGTHOF GLASS REINFORCED VINYL AND POLYESTERCOMPOSITES. H. E. Bair, D. L. Purand, andT. N. Grogean, Bell Labs.

4=40 (32) DISTRIBUTION OF VOLATILE COMPOUNDS INPOLYMERIC MATERIALS. M. A. Grayson, C. J.Wolf, McDonnell Douglas Research Labs'!

SESSION Bill (Ballroom F)

GENERAL PAPERS

Monday AfternoonOctober 19 P. D. Garn, Univ. Akron, Presiding

1:30 (33) THERMAL ACOUSTIC EMISSION: STUDY OF THEEXFOLIATION OF GRAPHITE. S. H. Anderson,H. H. Lee and D. D. L. Chung, Carnegie-Mellon University.

A NEW INSTRUMENT FOR THERMOLUMINESCENCERESEARCH. D. B. Nuzzio, Rutgers University

THERMOVOLTAIC DETECTION (TVD): A NEW TECHNIQUESEEKING AN APPLICATION. W. W. Wendlandt,University of Houston.

SIAMESE TWIN LIQUID CRYSTALS. A. C. Griffinand G. A. Campbell, Univ. Southern Mississippi

THERMAL PROPERTIES OF SOME POLYIMINE LIQUIDCRYSTALS. A. C. Griffin and T. R. Britt,Univ. Southern Mississippi.

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SESSION BIV (Ballroom F)

GENERAL PAPERS, CALORIMETRY

Monday AfternoonOctober 19 U. Gaur, Johnson & Johnson, Presiding

3:40 (38) HEAT-FLUX DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY -THEORY AND PRACTICE. J. P. Lee and P. F. Levy,E. I. Du Pont Co.

4:00 (39) RE-EVALUATION OF SOLID-PHASE BEHAVIOR OFSEVERAL LONG-CHAIN n-PARAFFINS BY HIGH SENSI-TIVITY DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETER.S. J. Rehfeld, D. J. Eatough and R., M. Hart,Brigham Young University and Hart Scientific.

4:20 (40) A MULTIPLE-SAMPLE DIFFERENTIAL SCANNINGCALORIMETER. R. C. Johnson and V. Ivansons,E. I. Du Pont Co.

4:40 (41) SURFACE CALORIMETRY - THE FLOW TECHNIQUE ANDITS APPLICATIONS. G. Steinberg, SteinbergAssociates.

SESSION CI (Ballroom GH)

SYMPOSIUMB

ON THE GLASS TRANSITION OF POLYMERSWunderlich, RPI, Chairman

Tuesday MorningOctober 20

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SPECIAL LECTURE ON THE RELATION BETWEEN THELIQUID AND GLASSY STATES.R. simha. Case Western Reserve University

THE COMPOSITION-DEPENDENT GLASS-TRANSITION.P. R. Couchman, Rutgers University

NON-SYMMETRIC BROADENING OF THE GLASS TRANSI-TION IN MULTIPHASE MULTICOMPONENT SYSTEMS.U. Gaur, Rensselaer Polytech. Ins.

STATISTICAL MECHANICAL THEORIES OF THE GLASSTRANSITION — A NEW PERSPECTIVE. R. P. Kusyand A. R. Greenberg, University of NorthCarolina.

NON-EQUILIBRIUM BEHAVIOR IN NETWORK EPOXYGLASSES AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE LONG-TERMPROPERTIES OF GRAPHITE/EPOXY COMPOSITES.E. S. W. Kong, Stanford Univ. and NASA,Ames Research Center.

SESSION CII (Ballroom C)

GENERAL PAPERS, ENERGY

N. H. Ulerich, Westinghouse, Presiding

THE DETERMINATION OF COMBUSTION EFFICIENCY ANDCALCIUM UTILIZATION OF A FLUIDIZED BEDCOMBUSTION FURNACE. R. F. Culmo and R. LFyans, Perkin-Elmer

DSC AND TG STUDIES OF KENTUCKY COALS. M. B.Harris and J. P. Elder, Inst. for Mining andMinerals Research

AUTOOXIDATIVE PROPERTIES OF AUTOMOTIVELUBRICATING OIL BY HIGH PRESSURE DIFFERENTIALSCANNING CALORIMETRY. J. A. Walker andW. Tsang, NBS.

APPLICATION OF PYROLYSIS - GAS CHROMATOGRAPHYTO FOSSIL FUELS AND BIOMASS. B. K. Hovsepian,E. I. Du Pont Co.

THE DETERMINATION OF CHRYSOTILE IN INSULATIONSAMPLES USING COMBINED TGA-GCA. J. V. Scalera,U. S. Dept. of the Interior.

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DETERMINATION OF THE PYRITE CONTENT ANDTHE PROXIMATE ANALYSIS OF COAL AND LIGNITE.M. W. Rowe, Texas ASM University.

SESSION CIII (Ballroom F)

GENERAL PAPERS

J. Chiu, Du Pont, Presiding

APPLICATIONS OF SIMULTANEOUS THERMAL ANALYSIS.B. L. Treherne, Stanton Redcroft.

AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUS THERMALANALYSIS ANP MASS SPECTROMETRY (I) H. K. Yuen,G. W. Mappes and W. A. Grote, Monsanto

PHOSPHATE ESTER PECOMPOSITION BY TEMPERATURE -PROGRAMMED MASS SPECTROMETRY. H. G. Langerand J. D. Fellmann, Dow Chemical.

THERMOGRAVIMETRY OF DIHYDROXYVIOLANTHRONEESTERS. R. G. Ferrillo, A. Granzow and E.Klingsberg, American Cyanamid.

IDENTIFICATION OF VEGETABLE OILS IN FOODPRODUCTS BY SUB-AMBIENT DSC. S. M. Dyszel,U. S. Customs Svc.

THE FORMATION AND REACTION OF PYROPHORIC IRONSULFIDES. E. B. Prestridqe, Exxon.

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SESSION DI (Ballroom GH)

SYMPOSIUM ON THE MELTING TRANSITION IN POLYMERSB. Wunderlich, RPI, Chairman

Tuesday AfternoonOctober 20 B. Wunderlich, Presiding

1:30 (59) SPECIAL LECTURE. THE RELATION BETWEENSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF SEMI-CRYSTALLINEPOLYMERS. L. Mandelkern, Florida StateUniversity.

2:20 (60) THE HEAT OF FUSION OF POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE.H. W. Starkweather, Jr., P. Zoller, G. A.Jones, and A. J. Vega, E. I. Du Pont Co.

2:45 (61) THE MELTING BEHAVIOR OF POLY (VINYLIDENEFLUORIDE). S. Weinhold, J. B. Lando, andM. H. Litt, Case Western Reserve University.

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3:20 (62) CONFIGURATIONAL THERMODYNAMICS OF THECRYSTALLINE STATE. R. Simha, Case WesternReserve Univ.

3:45 (63) PARTIAL MELTING OF POLY(PHENYLENE OXIDE)BELOW THE GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE.H. E. Bair and T. K. Kwei, Bell Laboratories.

4:10 (64) GELATION OF AMORPHOUS POLYSTYRENE.H. Tan, C. Bosnyak, A. Hiltner and E. Baer,Case Western Reserve University.

4=35 (65) TRANSITIONS IN POLYPHOSPHAZENE HOMOPOLYMERSAND COPOLYMERS. J. H. Magill, Universityof Pittsburgh.

SESSION DII (Ballroom C)

SYMPOSIUM ON CATALYST PERFORMANCEP. K. Gallagher, Bell Laboratories, Chairman

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CATALYTIC GASIFICATION OF CARBONS. D. D. L.Chung and C. G. Woychik, Carnegie-MellonUniversity.

INVESTIGATION OF THE REACTIVITY ANDINTERMEDIATE COMPLEX FORMATION OF COAL ANDLIGNITE WITH SULFUR DIOXIDE. C. T. Ratcliffeand G. Pap, Allied Corporation.

STUDY OF THE CLAY EFFECT ON CRUDE OILCOMBUSTION BY THE METHOD OF THERMOGRAVIMETRICANALYSIS (TGA) AND DIFFERENTIAL SCANNINGCALORIMETRY (DSC). S. Vossoughi, G. P.Willhite, Y. El Shoubary and G. Bartlett,Univ. of Kansas.

CATALYTIC EFFECT OF IRON IN HYDROGASIFICATIONOF COAL. T. D. Padrick, D. D. Dees, andT. M. Massis, Sandia Labs.

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MONITORING CATALYST ACTIVITY BY PRESSURE DSC.J. R. Kosak, E. I. Du Pont Co.

CHARACTERIZATION OF SOLID ACIDS BY TG/DSC.S. Soled, G. B. McVicker, and B. DeRites,Exxon Co.

TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED DESORPTION STUDIESOVER OXIDE CATALYSTS. C. G. Frederick,A. W. Sleight, and U. Chowdhry, E. I.Du Pont Co.

TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED SURFACE REACTIONSTUDIES OF THE REACTIVITY OF CARBON DEPOSITEDON NICKEL CATALYSTS. J. G. McCarty, H. Wise,D. Sheridan, and P. Y. Hou, SRI International

AN EVOLVED GAS ANALYSIS STUDY OF THE REDUCTIONOF NICKEL OXIDE BY HYDROGEN. P. K. Gallagher,E. M. Gyorgy, and W. R. Jones, Bell Labs.

SESSION Dili (Ballroom F)

SYMPOSIUM ON THE KINETICS OF CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROCESSES

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J. H. Flynn, NBS, Chairman

J. H. Flynn, Presiding

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, J. H. Flynn, NBS.

CURING KINETICS OF A DIEPOXIDE/POLY(AMIDE-AMINE) SYSTEM BY DSC. A. R. Shultz, andE. R. Shultz, General Electric R&D.

KINETICS OF THERMAL POLYMERIZATION OFN-(NITROPHENYL)AMINE SUBSTITUTED DIACETYLENEMONOMER IN SOLID STATE. K. N. Desai,A. F. Garito and A. R. McGhie, Univ. ofPennsylvania.

THE CHANGING KINETICS OF POLYMERIZATION OFHEXAMETHYLENEDIAMMONIUM ADIPATE. P. D. Gamand P. Dasgupta, Univ. of Akron.

KINETICS OF N02 DEGRADATION OF ISOTACTICPOLY(BUTENE-l). S. S. Stivala, G. Allahyari,Stevens Inst. Tech.

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DETERMINATION OF POLYMER THERMAL DECOMPOSITIONKINETICS USING NON-ISOTHERMAL EGA TECHNIQUES.R. M. Lum, Bell Laboratories.

KINETIC ANALYSIS OF THE THERMAL- AND THERMO-OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION OF SOME AROMATICPOLYAMIDES. Y. P. Khanna, Allied Corp. andE. M. Pearce, Polytech. Institute of New York.

PYROLYSIS OF COTTON FABRICS CONTAININGINORGANIC FLAME RETARDANTS. W. E. Franklin,So. Regional Research Center.

SESSION El (Ballroom GH)

SYMPOSIUM ON THE KINETICS OF CHEMICALAND PHYSICAL PROCESSES, CONT'D.

J. H. Flynn, NBS, Chairman

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T. Ozawa, Electrotechnical Laboratory,Presiding

COMMENTS ON TWO ENIGMAS OF CONDENSED PHASEKINETICS — THE COMPENSATION EFFECT AND EXACTDIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. J. H. Flynn, NBS.

A MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION OF CRYSTALLIZATIONIN DTA EXPERIMENTS. H. Yinnon, and D. R.Uhlmann, Mass Inst. Tech.

MICROCOMPUTER DATA ACQUISITION AND CONTROL FORTHERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT.F. Su and J. M. Hubert, Chevron Research.

THE CONVERSION OF KINETIC DATA TAKEN ATCONSTANT TIME INCREMENTS TO CONSTANT REACTIONINCREMENTS. D. W. Johnson, Jr., and P. K.Gallagher, Bell Labs.

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NONISOTHERMAL KINETIC ANALYSIS OF THEDECOMPOSITION OF TETRAMETHYLDIOXETANE.G. D. Mendenhall and J. C. Tauschek,Mich. Tech. Univ.

THE MODELING OF HIGH PRESSURE SCANNING CALORI-METRIC PROFILES FOR AUTOXIDATION REACTIONS.R. L. Brown, J. A. Walker and W. Tsang, NBS.

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE KINETICSOF INTERCALATE DESORPTION FROM GRAPHITEINTERCALATION COMPOUNDS. S. H. Anderson andD. D. L. Chung, Carnegie-Mellon University.

THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS OF GRAPHITEINTERCALATION BY ARSENIC PENTAFLUORIDE.A. R. McGhie, J. W. Milliken and J. E. Fischer,Univ. of Penna.

SESSION EII (Ballroom C)

SYMPOSIUM ON THE GLASS TRANSITION OF POLYMERS, CONT'DB. Wunderlich, RPI, Chairman"

Wednesday MorningOctober 21 B. Wunderlich, Presiding

8:30 (90) THE GLASS TRANSITION: WHAT'S THE POINT?M. B. Roller, Mobil Chemical Company.

8:55 (91) AGING CHARACTERISTICS OF STRESSED POLYMERICGLASSES. W. M. Prest, Jr. and F. J. Roberts,Jr., Xerox.

9:20 (92) CALORIMETRIC STUDIES AND SPONTANEOUS THERMALEFFECTS IN POLY(CHLOROTRIFLUOROETHYLENE).S. S. Chang, NBS.

9:45 (93) DETERMINATION OF THE GLASS TRANSITION OFPOLYMER BY THE AUTOVIBRON. T. Murayama.Monsahto, Triangle Park Dev. center.

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10:20 (94) GLASS TRANSITION OBSERVATIONS ON POLY(BISPHENOIrA CARBONATE)/4-DODECYLOXY-2-HYPROXY-BENZOPHENONE BLENPS. A. R. Shultz,J. A. Groetsch III, R. E. Pessy, A. L.Young, K. K. Webb, and D. R. Olson, GeneralElectric Co. and Virginia Polytech. Ins.and State Univ.

10:45 (95) THE GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE OF COMPATIBLEPOLYMER BLENDS THROUGH HYDROGEN BONDING.B. Y. Min and E. M. Pearce, Polytechnic Ins.of New York.

11:10 (96) CHARACTERIZATION OF AN EPOXY-GLASS PREPREGUSING VARIOUS THERMOANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES.P. S. Gill and P. F. Levy, E. I. Du Pont Co.

11:35 (97) THE INFLUENCE OF THERMAL PROPERTIES ON THEGLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE OF NETWORKPOLYMER/DILUENT SYSTEMS. T. S. Ellis andF. E. Karasz, Univ. of Mass.

SESSION EIII (Ballroom F)

PANEL PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON THERMAL EVALUATIONOF CHEMICAL HAZARDS. J. C. Tou, Dow Chemical, Chairman

Wednesday MorningOctober 21 J. C. Tou, Presiding

8:30 (98) ASSESSMENT OF REACTION HAZARDS BY MEANS OFA BENCH SCALE HEAT FLOW CALORIMETER. G. Gigerand W. Regenass, Ciba-Geigy.

8:45 (99) ADVANCED SEDEX (SENSITIVE DETECTOR OFEXOTHERMIC PROCESSES). J. Hakl, Sandoz AG.

9:00 (100) ASSESSMENT OF THERMAL HAZARDS USINGDIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY ANDISOTHERMAL CALORIMETRY. J. D. McCarty,Hercules.

9:15 (101) CHEMICAL HAZARD RESEARCH USING ADIABATICREACTION CALORIMETERS. L. C. Walker, DowChemical

9:30 (102) THERMAL HAZARD EVALUATION BY AN ACCELERATINGRATE CALORIMETER. L. F. Whiting andJ. C. Tou, Dow Chemical.

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SESSION EIV (Ballroom F)

GENERAL PAPERS, HAZARDS

W. Regenass, Ciba-Geigy, Presiding

10:40 (103) ADIABATIC SOLUTION CALORIMETRY AS AN AID TOPROCESS ENGINEERING. D. J. Germano, DowChemical.

11:00 (104) DSC APPLICATION IN THE FIELD OF PSEUDO-STABLEMATERIALS AND EXPLOSIVES. W. D. Emmerich,E. Kaisersberger and H. Pfaffenberger,Netzsch-Geratebau.

11:20 (105) USE AND ADVANTAGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CELLS WITHHEAT-FLUX DSC FOR THERMAL HAZARDS EVALUATION.P. Le Parlouer, Setaram.

11:40 (106) DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRIC STUDIESUSING A NEW, REUSABLE HIGH PRESSURE CAPSULE.C. M. Earnest, R. L. Fyans, and W. Kunze,Perkin-Elmer.

SESSION FI (Ballroom GH)

SYMPOSIUM ON THE KINETICS OF CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROCESSES,CONT'D

J. H. Flynn, NBS, Chairman

Wednesday AfternoonOctober 21 J- H. Flynn, Presiding

1:30 (107) ANALYSIS OF CONDENSED-PHASE REACTIONS BYDIRECT OBSERVATION OF ENERGY. R. N. Rogers,and J. L. Janney, Los Alamos.

1:55 (108) EXPERIMENTAL THERMOCHEMICAL OBSERVATIONSOF CONDENSED-PHASE REACTIONS. J. L.Janney and R. N. Rogers, Los Alamos.

2:20 (109) GLOBAL KINETICS FOR THE SHOCK-INDUCEDDECOMPOSITION OF HETEROGENEOUS EXPLOSIVES.J. WacKerle and A. B. Anderson, Los Alamos.

2:45 (110) THERMAL RESPONSE OF SPHERICAL EXPLOSIVECHARGES SUBJECTED TO EXTERNAL HEATING.D. L. Jaeger, Los Alamos.

3:10 (111) ADIABATIC KINETICS AND TEMPERATURE-TIMECURVES IN REACTION CALORIMETRY.D. W. Smith, Columbia Scientific

3:35 (112) DETERMINATION OF KINETIC DATA OF LIQUIDPHASE REACTIONS BY ACCELERATING RATECALORIMETRY. D. W. Smith, ColumbiaScientific.

SESSION FII (Ballroom C)

GENERAL PAPERS, COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS

Wednesday AfternoonOctober 21 R. S. Porter, Univ. Mass., Presiding

1:30 (113) RECENT ADVANCES IN COMPUTERIZED THERMALANALYSIS. W. P. Brennan, R. L. Fyans andJ. S. Mayer, Perkin-Elmer.

1:50 (114) DATA ANALYSIS IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE DU PONT1090 THERMAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM. R. L. Blaine,and P. F. Levy, E. I. Du Pont Co.

2:10 (115) THERMAL ANALYSIS OF CLAY MINERALS: A NEWMICROCOMPUTER APPROACH TO AN OLD STUDY.C. M. Earnest, Perkin-Elmer.

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3:00 (116) DERIVATION AND TESTING OF NEW DATA ANALYSISEQUATIONS FOR THE DU PONT DMA. J. D. Learand P. S. Gill, E. I. Du Pont Co.

3:20 (117) COMPUTERIZED THERMAL ANALYSIS STUDY OFCURING REACTIONS.J. S. Mayer and W. P. Brennan, Perkin-Elmer.

3:40 (118) INTERFACING A MICROPROCESSOR CONTROLLEDTHERMAL ANALYZER TO AN EXTERNAL COMPUTER.P. F. Levy, E. I. Du Pont Co.

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SESSION Fill (Ballroom F)

GENERAL PAPERS

A. K. Sircar, J. M. Huber Corp., Presiding

DEVELOPMENT OF A MOLDEP RESIN PROCESS BYTHERMAL ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGY. R. K. Khattakand E. E. Woods, Westinghouse Electric.

THE ANALYSIS OF SILANE COUPLING AGENTSBONDED TO GLASS FIBERS BY THERMOGRAVIMETRIC-MASS SPECTROSCOPY TECHNIQUES. S. K. Lahrand A. M. C. Walker, IBM.

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC EVALUATION OF COATINGS FORTHE SUPPRESSION OF CONDUCTIVE FIBER RELEASE.S. E. Wentworth, U. S. Army Materials andMechanics Research Center.

A NEW CONCEPT IN AUTOMATED THERMAL ANALYSIS:THE METTLER TA3000 SYSTEM. R. W. Arndt andH. Sommerauer, Mettler.

TEMPERATURE CONTROL WITH THE MICROPROCESSOROPERATED TGS-2 AT HIGH HEATING RATES.J. P. Elder, Inst. for Mining and MineralsResearch.

THE USE OF THERMAL VOLATILIZATION ANALYSISAND THE TVA/SATVA/QMS INTERLINK SYSTEM INTHE STUDY OF THE DEGRADATION BEHAVIOR OFPOLYMERIC MATERIALS. I. C. McNeill andA. Hamoudi, Univ. of Glasgow and Univ. ofScience and Tech. of Algiers.

THERMOGRAVIMETRY AND THERMOMAGNETOMETRY FORSTUDYING THE EFFECT OF A STRONG MAGNETICFIELD ON REDUCTION OF METAL OXIDES.M. W. Rowe, Texas ASM Univ.