The book is about calorimetry and thermal analysis methods alone or linked to other techniques
as applied to the characterization of catalysts supports and adsorbents and to the study of
catalytic reactions in various domains: air and wastewater treatment clean and renewable
energies refining of hydrocarbons green chemistry hydrogen production and storage. The book
is intended to fill the gap between the basic thermodynamic and kinetics concepts acquired by
students during their academic formation and the use of experimental techniques such as
thermal analysis and calorimetry to answer practical questions. Moreover it supplies insights
into the various thermal and calorimetric methods which can be employed in studies aimed at
characterizing the physico-chemical properties of solid adsorbents supports and catalysts and
the processes related to the adsorption desorption phenomena of the reactants and or products
of catalytic reactions. The book also covers the basic concepts for physico-chemical
comprehension of the relevant phenomena. Thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of the catalytic
reactions can be fruitfully investigated by means of thermal analysis and calorimetric methods
in order to better understand the sequence of the elemental steps in the catalysed reaction. So
the fundamental theory behind the various thermal analysis and calorimetric techniques and
methods also are illustrated.
