In advanced kinetic analysis, two main kinetic approaches are applied: isoconversional (differential and integral) and model fitting. The graph displays the results of the isoconversional differential analysis based on the heat flow signals recorded in few heating rates. The top section displays the dependence of the heat flow curves and reaction extent on the temperature; the bottom section presents the dependence of the kinetic parameters (E and A) on the reaction extent α.

The knowledge of the kinetic parameters allows predicting the thermal behavior of the materials, such as their shelf life, the aging rate, the course of the decomposition under arbitrarily chosen temperature mode. The graph displays the decomposition progress (top section) at a constant temperature of 40°C (blue curve) and during temperature modulations (red curve) 40 ±20°C, which are shown in the bottom section.

TK Software allows predicting the reaction course for the temperature mode required to obtain the chosen, set by the user, constant reaction rate. This specific technique is known as Sample Controlled Thermal Analysis or Controlled Rate Thermal analysis (CRTA). From the beginning to the end, the reaction rate is set as 2% of reaction progress per minute in the presented example. The reaction from the beginning to the end proceeds in 50 min at a constant rate (the dependences temperature vs time (top), reaction rate vs time (middle section) and reaction extent vs time (bottom)).