Chain reaction mechanism of cellulose pyrolysis
- 1 August 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Polymer Science
- Vol. 12 (8) , 1859-1864
- https://doi.org/10.1002/app.1968.070120807
Abstract
Chatterjee and Conrad1 studied the kinetics of pyrolysis of cotton cellulose in the temperature range 270–310°C and proposed a chain reaction mechanism. Lipska and Parker8 studied the pyrolysis of the α‐cellulose in the temperature range 250–300°C and interpreted the kinetic data differently. Both articles were published almost simultaneously. In this paper Lipska and Parker's complete data have been again analyzed and reinterpreted in light of the chain reaction mechanism. The energies of activation for initiation and propagation steps of the cellulose decomposition reaction are discussed.Keywords
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