Thermal Methods Group
Conference programme
Monday 29th March 2021
1.15 – 1.30
1.30 – 2.00
2.00 – 2.25
2.25 – 2.50
2.50 – 3.15
3.15 – 3.40
3.40 – 4.05
4.05 – 4.30
4.30 – 4.35
Tuesday 30th March 2021
9.30 – 9.40
9.40 – 10.05
10.05 – 10.30
10.30 – 10.55
10.55 – 11.10
11.10 – 11.35
11.35 – 12.00
12.00 – 12.25
12.25 – 12.40
12.40 – 12.45
12.45 – 12.50
12.50 – 12.55
12.55 – 1.00
1.00 – 1.05
1.05 – 1.15
Welcome, introduction to TAC 2021
Gareth Parkes (TMG Chair)
Dielectric behaviour of water at sub-ambient temperatures: A Commemorative Lecture in Memory of Glynn Van-de-Velde
John Duncan, Lacerta
Dynamic mechanical analysis and its role in assessment of state of preservation of collagen –containing cultural heritage objects
Marianne Odlyha, Birkbeck
Mixtures of halloysite clay nanotubes and wax for the consolidation of archaeological woods
Giuseppe Cavallaro, University of Palermo
Break
Quantification and characterisation of water within drug-eluting beads,
Laura Waters, University of Huddersfield
Pharmaceuticals – they all degrade and that’s why thermal analysis is important
Paul Royall, Kings’ College London
Determination of the equilibrium enthalpy of melting of two-phase semi-crystalline polymers by fast scanning calorimetry
Antonella Esposito, Université de Rouen
Closing remarks for Day 1
Gareth Parkes (TMG Chair)
Welcome
Milan Antonijevic (TMG vice Chair)
Nitroglycerine: a simple molecule which highlights some of the challenges with the thermal analysis of energetic materials
Ruth Tunnell, QinetiQ
HFC studies on conventional and novel energetic materials
Amanda Catherall, BAE Systems
The power of model-fitting kinetic analysis: Reconciling the kinetics of Bicyclo-HMX thermolysis in solid state and solution
Nikita Muravyev, Russian Academy of Sciences
Break
Thermal analysis of magmas – extreme hazards, extreme challenges
Hugh Tuffen, Lancaster University
Enhanced CH4 hydrate formation using hybrid MOF plus promoter system
Jyoti Shanker Pandey, Technical University of Denmark
Method to perform microcalorimetry measurements of carbon dioxide adsorbing onto ceria nanopowders
Alan Macdonald, AWE
Break
Hiden Analytical company profile
Michael Thomas, Hiden
How temperature-controlled experiments aid materials characterisation
Robert Gurney, Linkam
See what is really happening within your furnaces
Oliver Savard, Hitachi
Latest thermal analysis developments at Setaram
Dave Dale, Setaram
Mettler Toledo flash DSC: rapid-scanning DSC
Joe Marsh, Mettler Toledo
Prize presentation, closing remarks
Gareth Parkes (TMG Chair)