Professor Edward Charsley

Ted Charsley joined the University in 1997 when he moved his research group from Leeds Metropolitan University to form the Centre for Thermal Studies. The Centre provides a dedicated commercial contract research facility using thermal analysis, heat flow calorimetry and allied techniques and works on a wide range of projects for industry and government in the UK and Europe. He has a BSc in Chemistry from the University of London and a PhD from the University of Salford. Prior to joining Leeds Polytechnic, where he was awarded a Personal Chair in 1992, he was Research Director of Stanton Redcroft Ltd, the UK thermal analysis equipment manufacturer.

He is a Past President of the International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (ICTAC) and is currently a member of the ICTAC Advisory Committee. He is joint Co-Chairman of the Steering Committee of the International Symposium on the Heat Flow Calorimetry of Energetic Materials and is a Past-Chairman of the European Symposium on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry and the Thermal Methods Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Thermochimica Acta and is the Co-Editor of the Royal Society Publication "Thermal Analysis-Techniques and Applications". In 2006 he was awarded the Lifetime Honorary Membership of ICTAC and in 2007 the Mettler-Toledo Award of the North American Thermal Analysis Society.

Current research interests include:

• The application of thermal methods to the characterisation of the solid-state chemistry of metal-oxidant pyrotechnic systems.


• The role of isothermal microcalorimetry in studying the ageing of materials at ambient temperature in the presence of moisture.


• Industrial applications of thermal analysis and scanning / isothermal microcalorimetry


• Development of new thermal analysis techniques, including sample controlled thermal methods.


• Standardisation and calibration methods in thermal analysis. Application of differential scanning calorimetry to the determination of accurate equilibrium temperatures of transition of inorganic salts.

Esteem Indicators

Awards:

• Mettler-Toledo Award , N American Thermal Analysis Soc (2007);
• Honorary Lifetime Membership, Intl Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (ICTAC) (2006).

Plenaries:

• 33rd North American Thermal Analysis Soc Conf, LA (2005);
• German-Dutch Thermal Analysis Socs Conf , Delft (2005);
• 34th American Thermal Analysis Soc Conf, Bowling Green (2006).

Comittee memberships:

• ICTAC: President (2000-6), Adv Co (2006-), Sample Controlled Thermal Analysis Co (1996-);
• E37 Co on Thermal Measurement, ASTM (1984-);
• RSC Thermal Methods Group Co (2006-);
• Intl Steering Co on Heat Flow Calorimetry of Energetic Materials, Chair (1999-);
• Ed Bd: Thermochimica Acta, (1996-).

Conferences Organised:

• Intl Workshop on Sample Controlled Thermal Analysis, Huddersfield (2005);
• Intl Symp on Heat Flow Calorimetry of Energetic Materials, Leeds (2003);
• RSC Thermal Methods Gp Conf, Huddersfield (2004).

2011

Charsley, E., Laye, P., Parkes, G. and Rooney, J. (2011) ‘Development and applications of a sample controlled DSC system’ Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry , 105 (2), pp. 699-703. ISSN 1388-6150

2008

Charsley, E., Laye, P., Markham, H., Rooney, J., Berger, B., Griffiths, T. and Wasko, M. (2008) ‘Thermal Studies on Rubidium Dinitramide’. In: 35th International Pyrotechnics Seminar, 13-18 July 2008, Fort Collins, USA

2006

Charsley, E., Laye, P., Palakollu, V., Rooney, J. and Joseph, B. (2006) ‘DSC studies on organic melting point temperature standards’ Thermochimica Acta , 446 (1-2), pp. 29-32. ISSN 0040-6031

Tuukkanen, I., Charsley, E., Goodall, S., Laye, P., Rooney, J., Griffiths, T. and Lemmetyinen, H. (2006) ‘An investigation of strontium nitrite and its role in the ageing of the magnesium-strontium nitrate pyrotechnic system using isothermal microcalorimetry and thermal analysis techniques’ Thermochimica Acta , 443 (1), pp. 116-121. ISSN 0040-6031

Tuukkanen, I., Charsley, E., Laye, P., Rooney, J., Griffiths, T. and Lemmetyinen, H. (2006) ‘Pyrotechnic and thermal studies on the magnesium-strontium nitrate pyrotechnic system’ Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics , 31 (2), pp. 110-115. ISSN 0721-3115

Barnes, P., Charsley, E. and Parkes, G. (2006) ‘SCTA for pharma’ European Pharmaceutical Review (4). ISSN 1360-8606

Barnes, P., Charsley, E. and Parkes, G. (2006) ‘Recent developments in advanced thermal analysis: sample controlled thermal analysis’ European Pharmaceutical Review , 11 (4), pp. 83-98. ISSN 1360-8606

Charrier, E., Charsley, E., Markham, H., Berger, B. and Griffiths, T. (2006) ‘Determination of the temperature and enthalpy of the solid-solid phase transition of caesium nitrate by differential scanning calorimetry’ Thermochimica Acta , 445, pp. 36-39. ISSN 0040-6031

2005

Tuukkanen, I., Brown, S., Charsley, E., Goodall, S., Laye, P., Rooney, J., Griffiths, T. and Lemmetyinen, H. (2005) ‘A study of the influence of the fuel to oxidant ratio on the ageing of magnesium-strontium nitrate pyrotechnic compositions using isothermal microcalorimetry and thermal analysis techniques’ Thermochimica Acta , 426, pp. 115-121. ISSN 0040-6031

2004

Tuukkanen, I., Brown, S., Charsley, E., Goodall, S., Rooney, J., Griffiths, T. and Lemmetyinen, H. (2004) ‘Studies on the ageing of a magnesium-strontium nitrate pyrotechnic composition using isothermal microcalorimetry and thermal analysis techniques’ Thermochimica Acta , 417, pp. 223-229. ISSN 0040-6031

Tuukkanen, I., Griffiths, T., Charsley, E., Goodall, S., Laye, P. and Rooney, J. (2004) ‘The ageing of magnesium-strontium nitrate pyrotechnic compositions’. In: Proceedings of the International Pyrotechnics Seminars. USA: International Pyrotechnics Society. p. 41.

Griffiths, T., Claridge, R., Charsley, E., Goodall, S., Laye, P. and Rooney, J. (2004) ‘Preliminary ageing studies on the magnesium-barium nitrate pyrotechnic system’. In: Proceedings of the International Pyrotechnics Seminars. USA: International Pyrotechnics Society. p. 49.

2003

Gallagher, P., Blaine, R., Charsley, E., Koga, N., Ozao, R., Sato, H., Sauerbrunn, S., Schultze, D. and Yoshida, H. (2003) ‘Magnetic temperature standards for TG’ Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry , 72 (3), pp. 1109-1116. ISSN 14182874

Brown, S., Charsley, E., Goodall, S., Laye, P., Rooney, J. and Griffiths, T. (2003) ‘Studies on the ageing of a magnesium–potassium nitrate pyrotechnic composition using isothermal heat flow calorimetry and thermal analysis techniques’ Thermochimica Acta , 401 (1), pp. 53-61. ISSN 00406031

Charsley, E., Stewart, C., Barnes, P. and Parkes, G. (2003) ‘Development and applications of sample controlled thermomicroscopy ’ Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry , 72 (3), pp. 1087-1090. ISSN 14182874

Charsley, E., Laye, P. and Brown, M. (2003) ‘Pyrotechnics’. In: Handbook of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. London, UK: Elsevier. pp. 777-788. ISBN 978-0-444-82086-0

Charsley, E., Rooney, J., Hill, J., Parkes, G., Barnes, P. and Dawson, E. (2003) ‘Development and applications of a preparative scale sample controlled thermogravimetric system ’ Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry , 72 (3), pp. 1091-1092. ISSN 14182874

High Precision Calibration of Thermal Methods

Applications of Modulated DSC

Decomposition Reactions