Philosophy of non-isothermal kinetics

TLDR: The most debatable and discrepant viewpoints of non-isothermal kinetics are discussed in the form of twelve questions and answers as discussed by the authors, including the reputation of nonisothermal analysis when carried out by thermoanalysts, the consequences of simplified concepts transferred from the kinetics of homogeneous reactions, the physical meaning of basic kinetic parameters in solid-state processes, the kinetic compensative effect and interdependence of kinetic parameters using the Arrhenius rate constant, the mutual usefulness of differential and integral methods of kinetic data evaluation, their accuracy and correctness, the reliability of

Abstract: The most debatable and discrepant viewpoints of non-isothermal kinetics are discussed in the form of twelve questions and answers. The reputation of non-isothermal kinetics when carried out by thermoanalysts; the consequences of simplified concepts transferred from the kinetics of homogeneous reactions; the physical meaning of basic kinetic parameters in solid-state processes; the kinetic compensative effect and interdependence of kinetic parameters using the Arrhenius rate constant; the mutual usefulness of differential and integral methods of kinetic data evaluation; their accuracy and correctness; the reliability of DTA measurements; non-isothermal versus isothermal investigations; equilibrium and kinetic data and their mutual effect; the extended discussion initiated by MacCallum and Tanner; non-isothermal data publication policy; and finally the use of computers.