Thermal Decomposition Mechanism and Non Isothermal Kinetics of Complex of [La_2(P-MBA)_6(PHEN)_2]2H_2O

The complex of [La 2(P MBA) 6(PHEN) 2]2H 2O (P MBA: p methylbenzoate and PHEN: 1,10 phenanthroline) was prepared and characterized by elemental analysis and IR spectroscopy. The thermal behavior of [La 2(P MBA) 6(PHEN) 2]2H 2O in dynamic nitrogen atmosphere was investigated by TG DTG techniques. The results show that the thermal decomposition process of the [La 2(P MBA) 6(PHEN) 2]2H 2O occurs in five steps. The empirical kinetic model for the first step thermal decomposition obtained by Malek method is SB(m,n). The activation energy E and the pre exponential factor lnA for this step reaction are 76.4 kJ·mol -1 and 24.92, respectively.

Study on Non-Isothermal Decomposition Kinetics of Ephedrini Hydrochloridum

The thermal decomposition processes of ephedrini hydrochloridum and its kinetics are studied by TG-DTG techniques. A combined method, which includes Achar method, Coats-Redfera method, and Ozawa method, is put forward for determining kinetic model under non-isothermal conditions. By applying the combined method, it is determined that the thermal decomposition of ephedrini hydrochloridum is subjected to cylindrical symmetric diffusion. And the reaction function isƒ(α)=2(1-α)?, apparent activation energy (115.26±3.55) kJ·mol−1, pre-exponential factor 4.62×108 s−1. Results show that the combined method is feasible and simple.

NON-ISOTHERMAL KINETIC STUDY ON THE THERMAL DEHYDRATION OF SODIUM TUNGSTATE DIHYDRATE

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Studies on Non-isothermal Kinetics of Thermal Decomposition of Strontium Chloride Hexahydrate

The thermal decomposition of the strontium chloride hexahydrate and its kinetics were studied under non isothermal condition in nitrogen by thermogravimetric and derivative thermogravimetric techniques. The intermediate and residue for each decomposition were identified from TG curve. The non isothermal kinetic data were analyzed by the Achar method and the Coats Redfern method. The possible reaction mechanisms were suggested by comparing the kinetic parameters. The kinetic equation for the first stage can be expressed as d α /d t = A exp(- E/RT)(1-α ), the second stage, d α /d t = A exp(- E/RT)3(1-α ) 2/3 , and the third stage, d α /d t = A exp(- E/RT)3/2(1-α ) 2/3 [1-(1- α ) 1/3 ] -1 . Mathematic expressions of the kinetic compensation effects of each stage of the thermal decomposition reaction were also obtained.

Non-isothermal kinetics of styrene-butadiene-styrene asphalt combustion

The combustion characteristics of styrene-butadiene-styrene （SBS） asphalt are studied by thermogravimetric analysis （TG/DTG） at four different heating rates. According to the saturates/aromatics/resins/asphaltenes （SARA） fractionation method, the combustion process of SBS asphalt can be divided by Gaussian peak fitting into three main stages： oil content release, resin pyrolysis, and asphaltene and char combustion. When the heating rate increases, the mass losses of the oil content and resin pyrolysis increase, and less asphaltenes are formed at a higher temperature. The activation energy values are calculated by the Coats-Redfern method to be in the range 61.6 kJ/mol-142.9 kJ/mol. The Popescu method is used for the kinetic analysis, and the result shows that the three stages of asphalt combustion can be explained by the sphere phase boundary reaction model, the second order chemical reaction model, nucleation, and its subsequent growth model, respectively.

Cure Kinetics of DGEBA with Hyperbranched Poly(3-hydroxyphenyl) Phosphate as Curing Agent Studied by Non-isothermal DSC

The cure kinetics of diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A （DGEBA） with hyperbranched poly （3-hydroxyphenyl） phosphate（HHPP） as the curing agent was investigated by means of non-isothermal differential scanning calorimetry （DSC） at various heating rates. The results were compared with the corresponding results by using 1,3-dihydroxybenzene（DHB） as a model compound. The results show that HHPP can enhance the cure reaction of DGEBA, resulting in the decrease of the peak temperature of the curing curve as well as the decrease of the activation energy because of the flexible --P--O-- groups in the backbone of HHPP. However, both the activation energy of the cured polymer and the peak temperature of the curing curve are increased with DHB as a curing agent. The cure kinetics of the DGEBA/HHPP system was calculated by using the isoconversional method given by Malek. It was found that the two-parameter autocatalytic model（Sestak-Berggren equation） is the most adequate one to describe the cure kinetics of the studied System at various heating rates. The obtained non-isothermal DSC curves from the experimental data show the results being accordant with those theoretically calculated.

Non-isothermal Decomposition Mechanism and Kinetics of LiClO_4 in Nitrogen

The non-isothermal decomposition kinetics of LiClO4 in flow N2 atmosphere was studied. TG-DTA curves show that the decomposition proceeded through two well-defined steps below 900℃, and the mass loss was in agreement with the theoretical value. XRD profile demonstrates that the product of the thermal decomposition at 500℃ is LiCI. For the decomposition kinetics study, the activation energies calculated with the Friedman method were considered as the initial values for non-linear regression and were used for verifying the correctness of the fired models. The decomposition process was fitted by a two-step consecutive reaction： extended Prout-Tompkins equation[Bna, f（α） is （1-α）^nα^α] followed by a lth order reaction（F1）. The activation energies were （215.6±0.2） and （251.6±3.6） kJ/mol, respectively. The exponentials n and a for Bna reaction were （0.25±0.05） and （0.795±0.005）, respectively. The reaction types and activation energies were in agreement with those obtained from the isothermal method, but the exponentials were optimized for better firing and prediction.

Estimation of Critical Temperature of Thermal Explosion for Energetic Materials Based on Non-isothermal Kinetic Equation dα/dt =A_0 exp(bT)[1+(T–T_0 )b]f(α)

Critical temperature（Tb） of thermal explosion for energetic materials is estimated from Semenov＇s thermal explosion theory and the non-isothermal kinetic equation da/dt=Aoexp（bT）[1＋（T-T0）b][（a） deduced via reasonable hypotheses, where To is the initial point of the deviation from the baseline of DSC curve. The final formula is （Tb-Te0）{ 1＋1/[1＋（ Tb-T00）b]}=1. We can easily obtain the initial temperature（T0/） and onset temperature（Tci） from the non-isothermal DSC curves, the values of Too and Tc0 from the equation TOi or ei=T00 or c0＋α1βi＋a2βi^2＋…＋aL-2L-2βiL-2, i=1,2,…L, the value of b from the equation： In[β/（Tei-T0i）]=ln[A0/G（a）]＋bTei, so as to calculate the value of Tb. The result obtained with this method coincides completely with the value of Tb obtained by Hu-Yang-Liang-Wu method.

GLOBAL EXISTENCE OF WEAK SOLUTIONS TO THE NON-ISOTHERMAL NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS IN 2D

In this article, we prove the global existence of weak solutions to the non- isothermal nematic liquid crystal system on T2, on the basis of a new approximate system which is different from the classical Ginzburg-Landau approximation. Local in space energy inequalities are employed to recover the estimates on the second order spatial derivatives of the director fields locally in time, which cannot be derived from the basic energy balance. It is shown that these weak solutions satisfy the temperature equation, and also the total energy equation but away from at most finite many ＂singular＂ times, at which the energy concentration occurs and the director field losses its second order derivatives.

The kinetic of mass loss of grades A and B of melted TNT by isothermal and non-isothermal gravimetric methods

The kintic and activation energy of mass loss of two grades of melted TNT explosive, grade A and grade B, with freezing points of 80.57 and 78.15 ℃, respectively, were studied by isothermal and nonisothermal gravimetric methods. In isothermal method, the mass loss of samples in containers of glass and aluminum was followed in temperatures of 80, 90 and 100 ℃. The kinetic of the mass loss of the samples in the aluminum container was higher than the kinetic of it in the glass container that can be related to the effects of heat transfer and catalytic of aluminm metal. Also, the presence of impurities in grade B was due to increasing of kinetic of mass loss of it versus grade A. The non-isothermal curves were obtained in range of 30-330 ℃ at heating rates of 10,15 and 20 ℃·min^(-1).The TG/DTG data were used for determination of activation energy(E_a) of mass loss of TNT samples upon degradation by using Ozawa, Kissinger, Ozawa-Flynn-Wall(OFW) and Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose(KAS) methods as model free methods. The activation energies of grades of A and B of TNT was obtained 99-120 and 66-70 kJ mol^(-1)respectively. The lower values of activation energy of the degradation reaction of grade B confirm the effect of impurities in the kinetics of mass loss of this grade.

Kinetics Study on the Thermal Decomposition of Europium p-methyl-benzoate Complex with 1,10-penanthroline under Non-isothermal Con-ditions

The thermal decomposition reaction of Eu-2(p-MBA)(6)(PHEN)(2) (p-MBA=CH3C6H4COO, methylbenzoate; PHEN=C12H8N2, 1,10-phenanthroline) was studied in a static atmosphere using TG-DTG method. The thermal decomposition process of the complex was determined and its kinetics was investigated. Kinetic parameters were obtained from the analysis of TG-DTG curves by means of the Achar method and the Madhusudanan-Krishnan-Ninan (MKN) method. The most probable mechanism functions of the thermal decomposition reaction for the first stage are: f(alpha) =(1-alpha)(2), g(alpha) = (1-alpha)(-1)-1. The activation energy for the first stage is 255.18 kJ/mol, the entropy of activation DeltaS is 227.32 J/mol and the Gibbs free energy of activation DeltaG is 128.04 W/mol.

Non-isothermal Crystallization Kinetics of Polyamide 6/Diaminemodified MWNTs Nanocomposite

The non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of polyamide 6/diamine-modified multi-walled carbon nanotube （PA6/D-MWNT） nanocomposite was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry （DSC）. The modified Avrami equation, the Ozawa equation and the combined Avrami/Ozawa equation were employed to analyze the non-isothermal crystallization data. The crystallization activation energies were also evaluated by the Kissinger method. It was found that the combined Avrami/Ozawa equation could successfully describe the non-isothermal crystallization process. The results showed that D-MWNTs not only acted as effective heterogeneous nucleating agents for PA6 and noticeably increased the crystallization temperature of PA6, but also influenced the mechanism of nucleation and crystal growth of PA6 and then reduced the overall crystallization rate of the neat PA6 matrix. The crystallization activation energy for the nanocomposite sample was greater than that of the neat PA6, which indicated that the addition of D-MWNTs hindered the mobility of PA6 chain segments.

Non-isothermal microwave leaching kinetics and absorption characteristics of primary titanium-rich materials

The non-isothermal leaching kinetics of primary titanium-rich material by microwave heating was investigated,and the temperature-pressure curves of leaching system and microwave absorption characteristics of mixture solutions before and after leaching were measured.The research of non-isothermal kinetics was evaluated by the leaching rate of Fe and the total apparent velocity equation of the non-isothermal kinetics of leaching for primary titanium-rich material by microwave heating was obtained.It is shown from the temperature-pressure curves that the high temperature and high pressure of closed leaching system are favorable to the enhancement of the leaching rate of Fe.Microwave absorption characteristics of mixture solutions before and after leaching show that there are abrupt changes of microwave absorption characteristics for 15%HCl solution and the mixture solution after leaching by 20%HCl.

Non-isothermal decomposition kinetics and lifetime of Tb2(0-MBA)6(PHEN)2

The thermal decomposition of Tb_2(O-MBA)_6(PHEN)_2 (O-MBA: o-methylbenzoate;PHEN: 1,10-phenanthroline) and its kinetics were studied under the non-isothermal condition bythermogravimetry-derivative thermogravimetry (TG-DTG) techniques. Kinetic parameters were obtainedfrom analysis of TG-DTG curves by the Achar method and the Madhusudanan-Krishnan-Ninan (MKN) method.The most probable mechanism function was suggested by comparing the kinetic parameters. The kineticequation for the first stage can be expressed as dα/dt = Aexp(-E/RT)·3(1 - α)^(2/3). Thelifetime equation at mass loss of 10% was deduced as lnτ= -28.7429 + 19797.795/T by isothermalthermogravimetric analysis.

NON-ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION OF POLY(L-LACTIDE)(PLLA) UNDER QUIESCENT AND STEADY SHEAR CONDITIONS

The non-isothermal crystallization of poly（L-lactide） （PLLA） under quiescent and steady shear flow conditions was in situ investigated by using polarizing optical microscopy （POM） with a hot shear stage and wide-angle X-ray diffraction （WAXD）. The shear rate and the cooling rate both play a significant role in the final crystalline morphology and crystallinity. Under quiescent conditions, the morphology assumes different sized spherulites, and its crystallinity dramatically reduces with increasing the cooling rate. On the other hand, the shear flow increases the onset crystallization temperature, and enhances the final crystallinity. When the shear rate is above 5 s^-1, cylindrite-like crystals are observed, furthermore, their content depends on the cooling rate.

ESTIMATION OF THE CRITICAL RATE OF TEMPERATURE INCREASE OF THERMAL EXPLOSION OF NITROCELLULOSE USING NON-ISOTHERMAL DSC

A method of estimating the critical rate of temperature increase of thermal explosion for the first orderautocatalytic decomposition reaction system using non-isothermal DSC is presented. Information is obtained on theincreasing rate of temperature in nitrocellulose containing 13.54% of nitrogen when the first order autocatalytic decomposition converts into thermal explosion.

Non-isothermal Melt Crystallization Kinetics of Anhydrite-Filled Polypropylene Composites

The non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of polypropylene （PP）, PP/anhydrite composites were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry （DSC） with various cooling rates. The Avrami analysis modified by Jeziorny and a method developed by Mo were employed to describe the non-isothermal crystallization process of these samples. The difference in the exponent n between PP and PP/anhydrite composites indicated that non-isothermal kinetic crystallization corresponded to tri-dimensional growth with heterogeneous nucleation. The values of half-time, Zc and F（T） showed that the crystallization rate increased with the increasing of cooling rates for PP and PP/anhydrite composites, but the crystallization rate of PP/anhydrite composites was faster than that of PP at a given cooling rate. The method developed by Ozawa did not describe the non-isothermal crystallization process of PP very well. Moreover, the method proposed by Kissinger was used to evaluate the activation energy of the mentioned samples. The result showed that the activation energy of PP/anhydrite was greatly larger than that of PP.

LOW MACH NUMBER LIMIT OF A COMPRESSIBLE NON-ISOTHERMAL NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS MODEL

In this paper, we study the low Mach number limit of a compressible nonisothermal model for nematic liquid crystals in a bounded domain. We establish the uniform estimates with respect to the Mach number, and thus prove the convergence to the solution of the incompressible model for nematic liquid crystals.

Thermal Behavior and Non-isothermal Kinetics of the Polyoxometalate of Ciprofloxacin with Tungstophosphoric Acid

The polyoxometalate （CPFX-HCl）3H3PW12O40·.8H2O was prepared and characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectra and TG-DTA-DTG. The thermal decomposition mechanism and non-isothermal kinetic parameters of the polyoxometalate were obtained from the analysis of TG-DTG data using the Achar equation, Coats-Redfern equation （CR）, Madhusudanan-Krishnan-Ninan equation （MKN） and Horowitz-Metzger equation （HM）. And their mathematical expressions of the kinetic compensation effect were also calculated.