The regression of isothermal thermogravimetric data to evaluate degradation Ea values of polymers: A comparison with literature methods and an evaluation of lifetime prediction reliability

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1947-1954

  Blanco, Ignazio ^a   Abate, Lorenzo ^a   Antonelli, Marta Letizia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Degradation activation energy; Kinetics of polymer degradation; Lifetime prediction; Thermogravimetry

Indexed keywords

APPARENT ACTIVATION ENERGY; DEGRADATION ACTIVATION ENERGY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; DYNAMIC HEATING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; ISOTHERMAL DEGRADATION; ISOTHERMAL HEATING; LIFETIME PREDICTION; LOW TEMPERATURES; MASS LOSS; SERVICE-BASED; SIMPLE METHOD; THERMO-OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; ESTERS; EXPERIMENTS; POLYSTYRENES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 80053347279     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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