Thermally evolved gases from thiourea complexes of CuCl in air: Detailed comparisons by TG-FTIR and TG/DTA-MS for compounds poor and rich in thiourea

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 189-199

  Madarász, János ^a   Krunks, Malle ^b   Niinistö, Lauri ^c   Pokol, György ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Copper sulfides; Copper(I) chloride; Coupled TG EGA FTIR; Coupled TG DTA EGA MS; Evolved gas analysis; Simultaneous TG DTA; Spray pyrolysis; Thiourea

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DISULFIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DECOMPOSITION; DIAMOND FILMS; IONIZATION OF GASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PYROLYSIS; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THIOUREAS;

COPPER CHLORIDES; COPPER SULFIDES; COUPLED TG/DTA-EGA-MS; EVOLVED GAS ANALYSIS; FTIR; SIMULTANEOUS TG/DTA;

GASES;

EID: 84939933418     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: 15882926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-015-4481-8     Document Type: Article

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