Differential thermal analysis has recently proved its usefulness as a physical method of analysis in many fields of various clay minerals, cements, ceramics, glass, organic compounds and natural high polymeric substances with the techniques of X-ray and an electron microscope.
The author has given a brief review on the recent applications of differential thermal analysis for studies on coalification process and coking property of coal, reactions between coal and organic solvents, effects of inorganic compounds on coal pyrolysis, coal extracts and reactivity of coal and coke.
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