TY - CHAP U1 - Teil eines Buches A1 - Kusch, Peter T1 - Introductory Chapter: Analytical Pyrolysis – Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry of Polymeric Materials T2 - Kusch (Ed.): Analytical pyrolysis N2 - According to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) recommendation, analytical pyrolysis (Py) is defined as the characterization in an inert atmosphere of a material or a chemical process by a chemical degradation reaction(s) induced by thermal energy [1]. Thermal degradation under controlled conditions is often used as a part of an analytical procedure, either to render a sample into a suitable form for subsequent analysis by gas chromatography (GC), mass spectrometry (MS), gas chromatography coupled with the mass spectrometry (GC/MS), with the Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (GC/FTIR), or by direct monitoring as an analytical technique in its own right [2]. Y1 - 2018 UN - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-43251 SN - 978-1-78984-958-5 SB - 978-1-78984-958-5 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.81596 DO - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.81596 SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - InTech CY - London ER -