Fourty years of thermal analysis in Hungary

Abstract

A brief survey is presented of the development of thermoanalytical methods, in Hungary and abroad between 1900 and 1990, and reveals a connection between the processes, An overall picture is given of the activity of Hungarian thermoanalysts in basic research, the development of instruments and organizational work in science between 1950 and 1990.

Thermogravimetry Q-TG studies of surface properties of lunar nanoparticles

“…Adsorption of apolar (toluene and n-octane) and polar (water and n-butanol) liquid layers were measured using the derivatograph Q-1500 D (MOM, Hungary) [6,[11][12][13][14]. The samples were dried at 150°C and saturated with liquid vapours in the vacuum dessicator at p/p o = 1.…”

“…This article presents studies of adsorption and energetic heterogeneous properties of lunar samples by means of the special thermogravimetry Q-TG technique patented by Paulik's in eight countries [11][12][13][14]. The calculations of the desorption energy distribution functions of liquids on lunar nanoparticles have been presented.…”

Thermal Analysis

“…There are some individual publications that should be read as they give an insight into progress made in thermal analysis. These include the article on 40 years of thermal analysis in Hungary by Paulik (20), the role of thermal analysis in environmental protection by Kettrup and Matuschek (21), and the article by Brown (22) on kinetic aspects of thermal analysis. Keattch (23) continues to research the origins of thermal analysis with reference to thermogravimetry.…”