Analytical Pyrolysis Handbook

Contents

Preface...............................................................................................................................................ix

Editors ...............................................................................................................................................xi

List of Contributors ........................................................................................................................xiii

Chapter 1 Analytical Pyrolysis: An Overview ............................................................................1

Thomas P. Wampler

Chapter 2 Instrumentation and Analysis....................................................................................23

Thomas P. Wampler

Chapter 3 Pyrolysis Mass Spectrometry:

Instrumentation, Techniques, and Applications ......................................................................39

C. J. Maddock, T. W. Ottley, and Thomas P. Wampler

Chapter 4 Microstructure of Polyolefins....................................................................................55

Shin Tsuge and Hajime Ohtani

Chapter 5 Degradation Mechanisms of Condensation Polymers:

Polyesters and Polyamides........................................................................................69

Hajime Ohtani and Shin Tsuge

Chapter 6 The Application of Analytical Pyrolysis to the Study

of Cultural Materials .................................................................................................89

Chapter 7 Environmental Applications of Pyrolysis ...............................................................115

Thomas O. Munson, Karen D. Sam, and Alexandra ter Halle

Chapter 8 Examination of Forensic Evidence.........................................................................147

John M. Challinor, David A. DeTata, Kari M. Pitts, and Celine Burnier

Chapter 9 Characterization of Microorganisms by Pyrolysis-GC,

Pyrolysis-GC/MS, and Pyrolysis-MS .....................................................................171

Stephen L. Morgan, Bruce E. Watt, and Randolph C. Galipo

Chapter 10 Analytical Pyrolysis of Polar Macromolecules ......................................................197

Charles Zawodny and Karen D. Sam

Chapter 11 Characterization of Condensation Polymers by Thermally

Assisted Hydrolysis and Methylation-GC ..............................................................215

Hajime Ohtani and Shin Tsuge

Chapter 12 Index of Sample Pyrograms.................................................................................235

Karen D. Sam

Index..............................................................................................................................................303