Analytical expressions for the heights, and for the initial, the peak and the final temperature of the rate signals of bimolecular reactions, measured at constantly increased temperature, are derived. They are based on the specific time of the reaction, available from the activation data, and on the relative minimum rate used. DTA and non-isothermal u.v. absorption studies of 29 different organic reactions in solution reveal that the accuracy of the expressions is sufficient to reproduce the true position of peaks of one-step reactions on the temperature or time axis. A program for simple calculations, written in BASIC, is enclosed.In the approximate kinetic theory of the author [1,2], it is shown that the position and shape of the reaction rate peak of an elementary reaction of n-th order, generated for temperature rise proportional to time (T = m.t), can be calculated from the activation data (E, k~) via the specific time u at the maximum,using the heating rate rn (deg/min) and gas constant R. For a first-order process, this theory, which may be called "Theory of the Characteristic Rate Coefficients", is based on typical products of a specific rate coefficient with the u-parameter at characteristic points of the curve (onset, halfwidth points, peak, points of inflection, end), and has been shown to be very useful for the study and discussion of nonisothermal kinetic signals. For example, for a first-order process, the rate coefficients at start, maximum and end are obtained as follows [1,3], ko ~ Z__L (2a)Urne