APPLICATIONS OF TEMPERATURE-RESOLVED DIFFRACTION METHODS IN THERMAL-ANALYSIS

Fundamentals and fields of application of time- and temperature-resolved diffraction methods are presented. X-ray diffraction and neutron diffraction will be considered. Dynamic diffraction methods are increasingly applied in different fields like solid state reactions, heterogeneous catalysis and biological sciences. New methods like synchrotron radiation and position-sensitive detectors permit a considerable expansion of potential research areas. The dynamic diffraction methods are compared with the classical thermoanalytical methods thermogravimetry and DSC.