In the past decade the development of Fast Scanning Calorimetry (FSC) [1] has enabled the study of materials and substances at high supercoolings; amorphization; and crystallization from both high and low temperatures. These breakthroughs boost up the use of TA&C in studies of scientific interest and industrial applications. The rationale for the success of this development is, firstly, that most materials and substances are in metastable states, which scientifically interesting states can now be studied in much more detail than before. Secondly, in practice, industrial processes that occur at much higher rates than realizable using Standard DSC can now be supported much better because the FSC can mimic actual scan rates. Thermal history - specifically cooling and heating rates - and sample / product treatment can, by switching between metastable phases, change materials behavior drastically, influencing end properties. Therefore, it is of high importance to study and understand phenomena related to metastability like supercooling, hot crystallization, cold crystallization, recrystallization (after melting) and remelting, annealing etc.
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