JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS JULY 1991 Special issue Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Fundamental Aspects, Analytical Tech- niques, Processes and Applications of Pyrolysis, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, June 11-15, 1990 PART I, Volume 19 Preface Mechanisms and Time Scales Analysis of coal by thermogravimetry-—Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and pyrolysis modeling P.R. Solomon, M.A. Serio, R.M. Carangelo, R. Bassilakis, Z.Z. Yu, and S. Charpenay (East Hartford, CT, USA) and J. Whelan (Woods Hole, MA, USA) Solid state pyrolyses. Part 2. Solid state kinetics studied by pyrolysisg-a s chromatography L. Carisen, A. Feldthus and P. Bo (Roskilde, Denmark) Mechanistic modeling of the pyrolysis of n-hexane F. Billaud, K. Elyahyaoui and F. Baronnet (Nancy, France) Biomacromolecules Fast pyroiysis of natural polysaccharides as a potential industrial process D. Radlein, J. Piskorz and D.S. Scott (Waterloo, Ont., Canada) Characterisation of oligomers and sugar ring-cleavage products in the pyrolysate of cellulose J.A. Lomax, J.M. Commandeur, P.W. Arisz and J.J. Boon (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) .... Vacuum pyrolysis of cellulose: Fourier transform infrared characterization of solid residues, product distribution and correlations S. Julien, E. Chornet, and P.K. Tiwari (Sherbrooke, Que., Canada) and R.P. Overend (Ottawa, Ont., Canada) Quantitative analysis of saccharides in wood pulps by quartz-tube pulse pyrolysis— polar phase gas chromatography J. Kelly, M. Mackey and R.J. Helleur (St. John’s, Nfld., Canada) Thermal degradation of chitin and cellulose P. Koll, G. Borchers and J.O. Metzger (Oldenburg, Germany) Pyrolysis of various furan model compounds R. Schrédter and W. Baltes (Berlin, Germany) Characterization of chemical and mechanical pulps by pyrolysis-gas chromatography /mass spectrometry M. Kleen and G. Gellerstedt (Stockholm, Sweden) Micro-analytical investigations on lignin in enzyme-digested tobacco lamina and midrib using pyrolysis-mass spectrometry and Curie-point pyrolysis-gas chromatography /mass spec- trometry M.A. Scheijen and J.J. Boon (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) An analytical pyrolysis mass spectrometric study of Eucryphia cordifolia wood decayed by white-rot and brown-rot fungi M.M. Mulder, J.B.M. Pureveen and J.J. Boon (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Pyrolysis-gas chromatographic analyses of organic matter in soils using nitrogen-selective detection E. Granada, J. Blasco, L. Comellas and M. Gassiot (Barcelona, Spain) Vili Pyrolysis-gas chromatography /mass spectrometry of lignocellulosics in forages and by-prod- ucts G.C. Galletti (Bologna, Italy) and J.B. Reeves III (Beltsville, MD, USA) A microanalytical approach to plant tissue characterization: a comparative study of healthy and fungus-infected carnation by pyrolysis— mass spectrometry G.J. Niemann (Baarn, The Netherlands), J.J. Boon, J.B.M. Pureveen, G.B. Eijkel and E. van der Heijden (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 2-Butenoic acid, a chemical marker for poly-£-hydroxybutyrate identified by pyrolysis-gas chro- matography /mass spectrometry in analyses of whole microbial cells B.E. Watt, S.L. Morgan and A. Fox (Columbia, SC, USA) Polymers Sequence of phenolic units in phenol- formaldehyde polycondensates studied by pyrolysisg—as chromatography /mass spectrometry M. Blazso and T. Téth (Budapest, Hungary) Phenol-formaldehyde resins as a link to the understanding of the isothermal kinetic behavior of geopolymers (kerogens and coals) H. Bar and Z. Aizenshtat (Jerusalem, Israel) identification of polar monomers in poly acrylate dispersions with pyrolysisg-a s chromatography / mass spectrometry G.J.Q. van der Pey! and T.C.T. Linnartz (Geleen, The Netherlands), C.A.J.J. van Rossum and M. Zeelenberg (Zwolle, The Netherlands) Thermal degradation mechanisms of amphiphilic acrylic copolymers studied by temperature-re- solved pyrolysis-field ionization mass spectrometry B. Plage and H.-R. Schulten (Wiesbaden, Germany) Natural rubber pyrolysis: study of temperature- and thickness-dependence indicates dimer formation mechanism S.A. Groves and R.S. Lehrle (Birmingham, UK), M. Blazs6 and T. Szekély (Budapest, Hungary) Monomer recovery by pyrolysis of poly(methy! methacrylate) W. Kaminsky and J. Franck (Hamburg, Germany) Trimer formation studies in polystyrene pyrolysis reveal that time-resolved mass spectrometry can be misleading D.J. Atkinson and R.S. Lehrie (Birmingham, UK) Sample size dependence in pyrolysis: an embarrassment, or a utility? R.N. Hancox, G.D. Lamb and R.S. Lehrle (Birmingham, UK) Author Index Volumes 19 and 20 Subject Index Volumes 19 and 20 PART II, Volume 20 Preface Techniques and Data Processing Pyrolysis fast atom bombardment tandem mass spectrometry characterization of coals R.E. Winans (Argonne, IL, USA) The scope of pyrolysis methylation reactions J.M. Chailinor (East Perth, W.A., Australia) Characterisation of kerogens, coals and asphaltenes by quantitative pyrolysis- mass spectrome- try T.l. Eglinton and S.R. Larter (Oslo, Norway) and J.J. Boon (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) ... Laser desorption multiphoton ionization mass spectrometry T.L. Weeding, R.J.J. Steenvoorden, P.G. Kistemaker and J.J. Boon (Amsterdam, The Nether- IONIA: An Expert System for the prediction of the thermal decomposition of condensation polymers M. Statheropoulos (Athens, Greece) and G. Montaudo (Catania, Italy) The interpretation of pyrolysis mass spectra of polymers using a “‘hybrid’’ software system based on library searching with heuristics M. Statheropoulos and K. Georgakopoulos (Athens, Greece) and G. Montaudo (Catania, Italy) Data analysis of pyrolysis-mass spectrometric profiles generated with soft ionization detection: application to barley tissue profiles A.C. Tas, S.A.G. Angelino, G.F. La Vos and J. van der Greef (Zeist, The Netherlands) Chemometric analysis of pyrolysate compositions: a model for predicting the organic matter type of source rocks using pyrolysisg-a s chromatography N.R. Gray (Houston, TX, USA), C.J. Lancaster and J. Gethner (Annandale, NJ, USA) Geomacromolecules The decomposition of Posidonia Shale and Green River Shale kerogens using microscale sealed vessel (MSSV) pyrolysis B. Horsfield and S.J. Dueppenbecker (Julich, Germany) A comparative study of three different pyrolysis methods used to characterise a biopolymer isolated from fossil and extant dammar resins B.G.K. van Aarssen and J.W. de Leeuw (Delft, The Netherlands) and B. Horsfield (Julich, Germany) Flash pyrolysis of silcon-bound hydrocarbons W.A. Hartgers, J.S. Sinninghe Damsté and J.W. de Leeuw (Delft, The Netherlands) The characterisation of two Australian bituminous coals and isolated maceral fractions by sequential pyrolysis— gas-chromatography /mass spectrometry J.D. Giuliani and W. Peirong (Parkville, Vic., Australia), G.R. Dyrkacz (Argonne, IL, USA) and R.B. Johns (Parkville, Vic., Australia) Differentiation of Victorian brown coal lithotypes as revealed by thermally desorbable biomarkers M. Li and R.B. Johns (Parkville, Vic., Australia) Coal characterization using pyrolysis—Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy J.V. Ibarra and R. Moliner (Zaragoza, Spain) Pyrolysis and combustion kinetics of crude oils, asphaltenes and resins in relation to thermal recovery processes M. Ranjbar and G. Pusch (Clausthal, Germany) Archaelogy and Historical Objects Molecular archaeology: analysis of charred (food) remains from prehistoric pottery by pyrolysis— gas chromatography /mass spectrometry T.F.M. Oudemans and J.J. Boon (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Pyrolysis gas chromatographic studies on Egyptian archaeological specimens: organic patinas on the ‘Three Princesses’’ gold vessel A.M. Shedrinsky (Brooklyn, NY, USA), R.E. Stone and N.S. Baer (New York, NY, USA) Applications of analytical pyrolysis to the study of stony cultural properties C. Saiz-Jimenez, B. Hermosin, J.J. Ortega-Calvo and G. Gomez-Alarcon (Seville, Spain) Analytical pyrolysis as a tool for the characterization of organic substances in artistic and archaeological objects G. Chiavari, G.C. Galletti and R. Mazzeo (Bologna, Italy) Environmental Aspects of Pyrolysis Determination of sulfates in urban air by pyrolysis-gas chromatography with flame photometric detection M.G. Kim, K. Yagawa, H. Inoue and T. Shirai (Yokohama, Japan) Qualitative analysis of chlorolignins and lignosulphonates in pulp mill effluents entering the river Rhine using pyrolysis-mass spectrometry and pyrolysis-gas chromatography /mass spec- trometry W.M.G. van Loon and J.J. Boon (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and B. de Groot (Nieuwegein, The Netherlands) Thermal degradation characteristics of high impact polystyrene /decabromodiphenylether / antimony oxide studied by derivative thermogravimetry and temperature resolved pyrolysis-— mass spectrometry. Formation of polybrominated dibenzofurans, antimony (oxy)bromides and brominated styrene oligomers R. Luijk, H.A.J. Govers, G.B. Eijkel and J.J. Boon (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) An exploratory study of the processing of plastics, by means of pyrolysis, with the emphasis on PVC /aluminum combinations A.B.J. Oudhuis, P. de Wit, P.J.J. Tromp and J.A. Moulijn (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)