Rostock UniversityA calorimetric study of non-equilibrium structures on fast cooling (100 000 K/s) Dissertationfor obtaining the academic degree doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.) of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science of Rostock Universitysubmitted by Serguei Adamovski,born on 20.03.1972 in Kirovograd, Ukraine Potsdam, July 2010 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-diss2010-0196-0Gutachter:1. Prof. Dr. Christoph Schick, Institut für Physik Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät Universität Rostock 18051 Rostock, Germany 2. Prof. Dr. Leslie H. Allen, Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801, USA Verteidigungsdatum: 26.11.2010. ContentsDefinition of symbols.....................................................................................................................viChapter 1. Motivation...........1Chapter 2. Theory of calorimetry....................................................................................................32.1. Heat balance equation ..........................................................................................................32.1.1. Adiabatic calorimetry....................................................................................................32.1.2. Scanning mode ..............................................................................................................32.1.3. AC-calorimetry.....................