An analysis has been performed of the characteristics of the effective reactions, generated under non-isothermal conditions at constant heating rates, resulting from various equal weight combinations of sets of mutually independent, individual reactions obeying the Avrami-Erofeev kinetics laws in which two and three dimensional random nucleation phenomena are the rate-controlling mechanisms. As in previous analyses, dealing with multiple sets of first and n th order singular reactions, with regard to the separation of the individual extent and rate of reaction -temperature curves, three model classes have been considered. The relative spacing at one defined temperature either decreases/increases by a set increment or remains constant. Sets comprising from five to fifty members have been examined.The effective reaction data at each heating rate has been subjected to Arrhenius analysis, and data, generated over a range of heating rates, has been analyzed using the generalized Kissinger and Friedman iso-conversional approach. The effective reaction may be analyzed assuming it obeys the Avrami-Erofeev law or as an n th order reaction. The several features resulting from the various analyses will be discussed.In solid state thermophysical and thermochemical reactions, it is highly probable that the occurrence of multiple processes is more the rule than the exception. In such cases, it is the extent and rate of the effective reaction which is measured by, for example, thermoanalytical means. How useful then is such data? Further questions must be posed before this can be answered. Are there any patterns in the variation of calculated reaction kinetics parameters with the extent of the overall reaction? Which thermoanalytical approach is most useful, isothermal or non-isothermal?Are there any criteria by which to test for the occurrence of multiple reactions? What model reactions should be employed to attempt to establish such criteria?In extending the work of Ozawa [1] and Flynn [2] the author [3] first concerned himself with studying simple models, namely, sets of mutually independent, first order reactions with close-valued reaction kinetics parameter E, A values. Realizing the limitations of the early work, a more rational approach to the construction of the model has been presented [4]. This analysis enabled the development of the first criterion of the occurrence of multiple reactions, namely, a characteristic variation in the Friedman [5] reaction kinetics parameters with extent of reaction. Such analyses necessitate the non-isothermal approach. A further result of this analysis is that a set of first order reactions yield an overall n th order reaction, where the order can vary from 0.6 to 3.0.More recently, this multiple reaction scheme analysis has been extended to cover multiple sets of the n th order reactions [6]. This treatment confirmed the first criterion, and enabled the development of a second. Two equations relating the maximum rate parameters, the Arrhenius activation energy, the order of reaction an...