The application of solution microcalorimetry was demonstrated on two model examples – inhibited oxidation of cumene and radical polymerization of styrene.From the experimental dependences of the rate of heat release on time, the rate constants k7 of the interaction of an inhibitor with radicals of substrate (RO 2. or R.) in oxidation or in polymerization were determined for the set of inhibitors of N-aryl N-(2-quinone) amine series. It was shown that these compounds are weak inhibitors of oxidation of cumene and rather efficient inhibitor of polymerization of styrene.