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Overview

Alan K. Burnham is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and focuses their research primarily on engineering, materials science, and chemistry. Their work spans several subfields, including mechanics of materials, materials chemistry, organic chemistry, biomedical engineering, and analytical chemistry.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Thermal and kinetic analysis
  • Energetic materials and combustion
  • Chemical thermodynamics and molecular structure
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Thermochemical biomass conversion processes
  • Petroleum processing and analysis
  • Combustion and detonation processes

Their publication record includes contributions to several frequent co-authors such as John G. Reynolds, Batikan Köroğlu, Keith R. Coffee, Jason S. Moore, and Ana Racoveanu. These collaborations reflect sustained research partnerships across related scientific areas.

Alan K. Burnham's contributions appear predominantly in several key scientific journals and venues, including:

  • Propellants Explosives Pyrotechnics
  • Thermochimica Acta
  • Energy & Fuels
  • SPE Journal
  • Scientific Reports

Selected recent publications from Alan K. Burnham demonstrate a focus on thermal decomposition and kinetic processes:

  • Effect of pressure on TATB and LX-17 thermal decomposition, 2021, Thermochimica Acta
  • Permeability and Porosity Evolution of Organic-Rich Shales from the Green River Formation as a Result of Maturation, 2020, SPE Journal

Additional notable papers in the broader collaboration network, reflecting related research themes, include:

  • ICTAC Kinetics Committee recommendations for analysis of multi-step kinetics, 2020, Thermochimica Acta
  • ICTAC Kinetics Committee recommendations for analysis of thermal decomposition kinetics, 2022, Thermochimica Acta
  • Insight into Polyethylene and Polypropylene Pyrolysis: Global and Mechanistic Models, 2021, Energy & Fuels

Alan K. Burnham's interdisciplinary research integrates chemical thermodynamics, kinetic analysis, and materials properties, with applications relevant to energetic materials and hydrocarbon resource exploration. The work often combines experimental and modeling approaches to understand combustion, detonation, and thermal decomposition processes at a mechanistic level.

Best Publications

  • ICTAC Kinetics Committee recommendations for performing kinetic computations on thermal analysis data

    Sergey Vyazovkin;Alan K. Burnham;José M. Criado;Luis A. Pérez-Maqueda

  • Evaluation of a Simple Model of Vitrinite Reflectance Based on Chemical Kinetics

    Jerry J. Sweeney;Alan K. Burnham

  • Computational aspects of kinetic analysis: Part A: The ICTAC kinetics project-data, methods and results

    M.E. Brown;M. Maciejewski;S. Vyazovkin;R. Nomen

  • A chemical kinetic model of vitrinite maturation and reflectance

    Alan K. Burnham;Jerry J. Sweeney

  • ICTAC Kinetics Committee recommendations for analysis of multi-step kinetics

    Sergey Vyazovkin;Alan K. Burnham;Loic Favergeon;Nobuyoshi Koga

  • Global Kinetic Analysis of Complex Materials

    Alan K. Burnham;Robert L. Braun

  • Developing KH2PO4 and KD2PO4 crystals for the world's most power laser

    J. J. De Yoreo;A. K. Burnham;P. K. Whitman

  • Comparison of methods for measuring kerogen pyrolysis rates and fitting kinetic parameters

    Alan K. Burnham;Robert L. Braun;Hugh R. Gregg;Alain M. Samoun

  • Analysis of chemical reaction kinetics using a distribution of activation energies and simpler models

    R. L. Braun;A. K. Burnham

  • Further comparison of methods for measuring kerogen pyrolysis rates and fitting kinetic parameters

    Alan K. Burnham;Robert L. Braun;Alain M. Samoun

  • Measurement of the dispersion in polarizability anisotropies

    G. R. Alms;A.K. Burnham;W. H. Flygare

  • Computational aspects of kinetic analysis.: Part D: The ICTAC kinetics project — multi-thermal–history model-fitting methods and their relation to isoconversional methods

    Alan K Burnham

  • General kinetic model of oil shale pyrolysis

    A.K. Burnham;R.L. Braun

  • On the mechanism of kerogen pyrolysis

    Alan K. Burnham;James A. Happe

  • Assessment of various kinetic models for the pyrolysis of a microgranular cellulose

    Richard Capart;Lotfi Khezami;Alan K. Burnham

  • Pyrolysis kinetics for Green River oil shale from the saline zone

    Alan K. Burnham;Ethan B. Huss;Mary F. Singleton

  • A comparison of isoconversional and model-fitting approaches to kinetic parameter estimation and application predictions

    A. K. Burnham;L. N. Dinh

  • High-pressure pyrolysis of Colorado oil shale

    A.K. Burnham;M.F. Singleton

  • Identification and estimation of neutral organic contaminants in potable water

    A. K. Burnham;G. V. Calder;J. S. Fritz;G. A. Junk

  • Mathematical model of oil generation, degradation and expulsion

    Robert L. Braun;Alan K. Burnham

Frequent Co-Authors

Hamdi A. Tchelepi
Hamdi A. Tchelepi Stanford University
Sergey Vyazovkin
Sergey Vyazovkin University of Alabama at Birmingham
Willis H. Flygare
Willis H. Flygare University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Linda J. Broadbelt
Linda J. Broadbelt Northwestern University
Clifford C. Walters
Clifford C. Walters ExxonMobil (United States)
Kenneth E. Peters
Kenneth E. Peters Stanford University
Anthony R. Kovscek
Anthony R. Kovscek Stanford University
Sindee L. Simon
Sindee L. Simon North Carolina State University
James S. Fritz
James S. Fritz Iowa State University
Amitesh Maiti
Amitesh Maiti Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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