The NPK method: An innovative approach for kinetic analysis of data from thermal analysis and calorimetry

The basic theory of the “non-parametric kinetics,” NPK method is exposed. This procedure for the kinetic analysis of data from thermal analysis is applied the thermal decomposition of dicyclohexylidene diperoxide and to the mass polymerisation of methyl methacrylate catalysed by AIBN. The first case could be described using a simple kinetic model and is an example to show how it is possible to obtain its parameters using NPK. The second one corresponds to a complex kinetics. It is used to show the capability of NPK of predicting data without using any kinetic model, not even requiring the Arrhenius law.