The international Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis is devoted to the publication of qualitative and quantitative results relating to:
Controlled pyrolysis (thermal degradation) of chemical materials, including synthetic and natural macromolecules as well as lower molecular weight chemicals;
Fundamental studies of pyrolysis processes by chemical, physical and physicochemical methods:
Studies of pyrolysis reaction kinetics, energetics, and mechanisms;
Environmental, geochemical, biological, medical, and forensic applications of analytical pyrolysis;
Studies in high temperature chemistry, including chemical vapor deposition;
Pyrolysis investigations of energy related problems, including the characterization of fossil/synthetic fuels and coal extraction/liquefaction products;
Technical developments and new instrumentation for pyrolysis techniques in combination with chromatographic or spectroscopic methods;
Automation, optimization and standardization of pyrolysis techniques;
Computer handling and processing of pyrolysis data, including library filing and retrieval techniques, and computer matching and advanced pattern recognition techniques;
Analytical characterization of materials by alternative means of thermally assisted degradation, for example, by ozonolysis, hydrolysis, derivatization, or enzymatic cleavage;
Oxidative pyrolysis, including studies in the combustibility and flammability of materials, and the chemistry of flames;
Applied pyrolysis, i.e. the use of pyrolysis methods in the disposal of waste materials and/or in the production of energy or commercially useful chemicals. |
