On the kinetics of cellulose degradation: Looking beyond the pseudo zero order rate equation

Cellulose

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-203

  Calvini, Paolo ^a   Gorassini, Andrea ^b   Merlani, Antonio Luigi ^c  

^a SBAP   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c ICPL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accelerated ageing; Acid hydrolysis; Autocatalysis; Degree of polymerisation; Kinetic models; Random degradation; Sigmoidal kinetics

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; DEGRADATION; HYDROLYSIS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS;

ACCELERATED AGEING; SIGMOIDAL KINETICS;

CELLULOSE;

CATALYSTS; CELLULOSE DEGRADATION; GLYCOSIDES; HYDROLYSIS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; RETARDANTS;

CELLULOSE; DEGRADATION; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; PH; POLYMERIZATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 39749122730     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-007-9162-8     Document Type: Article

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