1. Editorial 2015

   Announcement 14 November 2015 Pages: 1 - 13

   

2. New Associate Editor

   • Géza Regdon Jr.

   Events 30 October 2015 Pages: 15 - 17

   

3. The effect of heavy cold plastic deformation on the non-isothermal kinetics and the precipitation sequence of metastable phases in an Al–Mg–Si alloy

   • Hanène Nemour
   • Daoudi Mourad Ibrahim
   • Abdelhafid Triki

   OriginalPaper 11 July 2015 Pages: 19 - 26

   

4. Thermal stability and phase transformations of a FV535 steel

   • L. Guerra-Fuentes
   • R. Deaquino Lara
   • E. Garcia-Sanchez

   OriginalPaper 08 August 2015 Pages: 27 - 33

   

5. DTA/TG study of CuO and MoO₃ co-reduction by combined Mg/C reducers

   • Hasmik Kirakosyan
   • Tatev Minasyan
   • Suren Kharatyan

   OriginalPaper 15 July 2015 Pages: 35 - 41

   

6. Ceramics and defects

   • Stefano Sfarra
   • Stefano Perilli
   • Dario Ambrosini

   OriginalPaper 23 August 2015 Pages: 43 - 62

   

7. Analysis of crystallization kinetics of cast aluminum–silicon alloy

   • T. Tański
   • K. Labisz
   • W. Borek

   OriginalPaper Open access 16 July 2015 Pages: 63 - 74

   

8. Design and study of ADC/BCN/metal oxide gas-generating agents

   • Hongtao Yang
   • Tiantian Xu
   • Yanchun Li

   OriginalPaper 02 July 2015 Pages: 75 - 80

   

9. Experimental investigation of the rheological behavior and viscosity of decorated multi-walled carbon nanotubes with TiO₂ nanoparticles/water nanofluids

   • Sedigheh Abbasi
   • Seyed Mojtaba Zebarjad
   • Mehri-Saddat Ekrami-Kakhki

   OriginalPaper 03 July 2015 Pages: 81 - 89

   

10. Synthesis, characterization and thermal behavior of solid state of some mefenamate of trivalent lanthanides (La, Ce, Pr and Nd)

    • Francisco X. Campos
    • André L. C. S. Nascimento
    • Massao Ionashiro

    OriginalPaper 14 August 2015 Pages: 91 - 103

    

11. Lanthanide complexes with 3-bromine-4-methyl benzoic acid and 1,10-phenanthroline

    • Guang-Cai Zong
    • Ning Ren
    • Jie Gao

    OriginalPaper 21 July 2015 Pages: 105 - 116

    

12. Study on the formation of Co_1−xZn_xFe₂O₄ system using two low-temperature synthesis methods

    • Cornelia Muntean
    • Marius Bozdog
    • Mircea Stefanescu

    OriginalPaper 01 September 2015 Pages: 117 - 126

    

13. Halogen light thermogravimetric technique for determining the retained water in fine aggregates used for concrete mixing design

    • Y. P. Arias
    • J. Payá
    • J. C. Ochoa

    OriginalPaper 14 July 2015 Pages: 127 - 134

    

14. Synthesis, characterization, and conditions optima for thin film assembly of a light lanthanide nanocomplex

    • Sawsan M. S. Haggag
    • Ibrahim A. M. Abdel-Hamid

    OriginalPaper 29 July 2015 Pages: 135 - 144

    

15. An investigation of the thermal behavior of magnesium ammonium phosphate hexahydrate

    • Marlon V. Ramlogan
    • Ashaki A. Rouff

    OriginalPaper 02 July 2015 Pages: 145 - 152

    

16. Kinetic study of the drying process of clay bricks

    • A. F. Gualtieri
    • A. Ricchi
    • M. Tamburini

    OriginalPaper 03 July 2015 Pages: 153 - 167

    

17. Thermal and corrosion resistance of nanocomposite gradient TiAlSiN films

    • D. Chaliampalias
    • L. Kolaklieva
    • G. Vourlias

    OriginalPaper 23 August 2015 Pages: 169 - 179

    

18. Solid-state synthesis of SrY₂O₄ and SrSm₂O₄

    • Tomáš Opravil
    • Petr Ptáček
    • Jaromir Wasserbauer

    OriginalPaper 11 August 2015 Pages: 181 - 194

    

19. Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of GeTe₄ infrared glass

    • Roman Svoboda
    • Daniela Brandová
    • Jiří Málek

    OriginalPaper 29 July 2015 Pages: 195 - 204

    

20. The effect of Se ↔ Te substitution on crystallisation micro-mechanisms evincing in GeTe₄ glass

    • Roman Svoboda
    • Daniela Brandová
    • Jiří Málek

    OriginalPaper 14 August 2015 Pages: 205 - 219

    

21. An advanced reaction model determination methodology in solid-state kinetics based on Arrhenius parameters variation

    • Seyed Hadi Shahcheraghi
    • Gholam Reza Khayati
    • Mohammad Ranjbar

    OriginalPaper 03 July 2015 Pages: 221 - 229

    

22. Thermal and spectroscopic analysis of stabilization effect of copper complexes in EPDM

    • Traian Zaharescu
    • Diana-Carolina Ilies
    • Tudor Roşu

    OriginalPaper 08 July 2015 Pages: 231 - 239

    

23. Thermal approach to evaluate the sintering–crystallization ability in a nepheline–forsterite-based glass-ceramics

    • F. Andreola
    • L. Barbieri
    • M. Romero

    OriginalPaper 21 August 2015 Pages: 241 - 248

    

24. Precipitation of primary Fe-rich compounds in secondary AlSi9Cu3(Fe) alloys

    • Giulio Timelli
    • Stefano Capuzzi
    • Alberto Fabrizi

    OriginalPaper 11 August 2015 Pages: 249 - 262

    

25. Cu–Cr–Pb nanocomposites

    • Gazi Hao
    • Jie Liu
    • Fengqi Zhao

    OriginalPaper 14 July 2015 Pages: 263 - 272

    

26. Synthesis, spectroscopic and thermal characterization of the new photoluminescent monomer

    • Beata Podkościelna

    OriginalPaper 08 August 2015 Pages: 273 - 282

    

27. The influence of carbon fillers on the thermal properties of polyurethane foam

    • Ewelina Ciecierska
    • Magdalena Jurczyk-Kowalska
    • Małgorzata Lewandowska

    OriginalPaper Open access 01 August 2015 Pages: 283 - 291

    

28. Metallic ferrites as flame retardants and smoke suppressants in flexible poly(vinyl chloride)

    • Lijing Han
    • Weihong Wu
    • Jianzhong Xu

    OriginalPaper 03 July 2015 Pages: 293 - 300

    

29. The correlation between crosslink density and thermal properties of high-density polyethylene/natural rubber/thermoplastic tapioca starch blends prepared via dynamic vulcanisation approach

    • A. W. M. Kahar
    • H. Ismail
    • A. Abdul Hamid

    OriginalPaper 02 July 2015 Pages: 301 - 308

    

30. Thermal decomposition of fire-retarded wood flour/polypropylene composites

    • Lichao Sun
    • Qinglin Wu
    • Qingwen Wang

    OriginalPaper 21 August 2015 Pages: 309 - 318

    

31. Curing kinetics of pre-crosslinked carboxyl-terminated butadiene acrylonitrile (CTBN) modified epoxy blends

    • Xiaoxue Song
    • Shiai Xu

    OriginalPaper 02 September 2015 Pages: 319 - 327

    

32. Experimental study on the burning behaviors of three typical thermoplastic materials liquid pool fire with different mass feeding rates

    • Xin Ma
    • Ran Tu
    • Nan Wang

    OriginalPaper 29 July 2015 Pages: 329 - 337

    

33. Surface modification of ammonium polyphosphate-diatomaceous earth composite filler and its application in flame-retardant paper

    • Li-Zheng Sha
    • Ke-Fu Chen

    OriginalPaper 08 August 2015 Pages: 339 - 347

    

34. Comparison of thermal, mechanical and thermomechanical properties of poly(lactic acid) injection-molded into epoxy-based Rapid Prototyped (PolyJet) and conventional steel mold

    • T. Tábi
    • N. K. Kovács
    • J. G. Kovács

    OriginalPaper 04 September 2015 Pages: 349 - 361

    

35. Influence of UV radiation on the viscoelastic properties and dynamic viscosity of bovine hide using dynamic mechanical analysis

    • Kallen Mulilo Nalyanya
    • Odhiambo P. Migunde
    • Ronald K. Rop

    OriginalPaper 02 July 2015 Pages: 363 - 370

    

36. Structural and thermodynamic properties of Tutton salt K₂Zn(SO₄)₂·6H₂O

    • Ae Ran Lim
    • Sun Ha Kim

    OriginalPaper 23 July 2015 Pages: 371 - 376

    

37. X-phase precipitation in aging of Cu–Al–Ni–xTi shape memory alloys and its influence on phase transition behavior

    • Safaa N. Saud
    • E. Hamzah
    • Raheleh Hosseinian

    OriginalPaper 10 July 2015 Pages: 377 - 389

    

38. The structural behaviour before the ionic–protonic superconduction phase transition and thermal properties in the caesium sulphate arsenate tellurate compound

    • H. Litaiem
    • S. Garcia-Granda
    • M. Dammak

    OriginalPaper 11 August 2015 Pages: 391 - 400

    

39. Heat capacities of crystalline and glassy lithium metaphosphate up to the transition region

    • J. Rocherullé
    • J. Massera
    • X. H. Zhang

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2015 Pages: 401 - 407

    

40. Oxidation of high-temperature Cu–Al–Fe shape memory alloy

    • Koksal Yildiz

    OriginalPaper 11 July 2015 Pages: 409 - 412

    

41. Thermal degradation kinetics of leather fibers treated with fire-retardant melamine resin

    • Liutao Yang
    • Ying Liu
    • Lixin Li

    OriginalPaper 02 July 2015 Pages: 413 - 420

    

42. Investigation of thermal decomposition of jarosite tailing waste

    • Mihone Kerolli-Mustafa
    • Vilko Mandić
    • Juraj Šipušić

    OriginalPaper 08 July 2015 Pages: 421 - 430

    

43. Improved thermal conductivity of polycarbonate composites filled with hybrid exfoliated graphite/multi-walled carbon nanotube fillers

    • Feng Zhang
    • Qiuying Li
    • Weihong Guo

    OriginalPaper 08 July 2015 Pages: 431 - 437

    

44. Influence of Fe₂O₃ on smoke suppression and thermal degradation properties in intumescent flame-retardant silicone rubber

    • Xilei Chen
    • Mei Li
    • Chuanmei Jiao

    OriginalPaper 14 July 2015 Pages: 439 - 448

    

45. Electrospray formation of RDX/ceria mixture and its thermal decomposition performance

    • Zhi-wei Han
    • Dong Wang
    • Christian Henkes

    OriginalPaper 14 July 2015 Pages: 449 - 455

    

46. Thermal characterization of novel magnesium oxyhalide bismo-borate glass doped with VO²⁺ ions

    • M. S. Dahiya
    • S. Khasa
    • A. Agarwal

    OriginalPaper 15 July 2015 Pages: 457 - 465

    

47. Evaluation of CO₂ gasification kinetics for low-rank Indian coals and biomass fuels

    • V. Satyam Naidu
    • Preeti Aghalayam
    • Sreenivas Jayanti

    OriginalPaper 28 July 2015 Pages: 467 - 478

    

48. Thermal behavior of two synthesized flavor precursors of pyrazine esters

    • Miao Lai
    • Boya Zhao
    • Mingqin Zhao

    OriginalPaper 08 July 2015 Pages: 479 - 487

    

49. Effects of acetic acid on early hydration of Portland cement

    • Duong Dinh Nguyen
    • Liam Peter Devlin
    • Charles Christopher Sorrell

    OriginalPaper 08 August 2015 Pages: 489 - 499

    

50. Pyrolysis mechanism of a β-O-4 type lignin dimer model compound

    • Jun-jiao Zhang
    • Xiao-yan Jiang
    • Chang-qing Dong

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2015 Pages: 501 - 510