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Some novel perspectives of iso-conversional analysis in the study of Meyer–Neldel energy for thermally governed crystallization by using Johnson–Mehl–Avrami (JMA) theory

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The search for any correlation between the iso-kinetic relationship (IKR) and the Meyer–Neldel rule (also known as the compensation effect) is a key problem in the area of physics, chemistry, and physical chemistry. The iso-kinetic relationship (IKR) and the Meyer–Neldel compensation rule (MNCR) seem to be valid for a diversified range of materials, but the true understanding of what is the exact connection between IKR and MNCR is still an unresolved puzzle. Various researchers believed that both effects be two sides of the same coin. The iso-conversion study of solid-state reactions using non-isothermal calorimetric measurements is famous over the globe in the scientific community. It is a standard noteworthy tool to attain qualitative and quantitative analysis of the consequences of the different kinds of solid-state reactions. This endeavor aims to explore some novel insights in MNCR and its connection with IKR by considering thermally activated crystallization. For this, we have started our analysis by using JMA theory and scrutinized the relationship between Arrhenius parameters (crystallization activation energy and rate of crystal growth) for the different situations using the iso-conversional thermal analysis. Further, our results confirm the analogy between MNCR and IKR by comparing the Meyer–Neldel and iso-kinetic temperatures for thermally controlled crystallization that follows an Arrhenius temperature dependence.

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Neeraj Mehta is thankful to his university for providing an incentive under IoE scheme (Dev. Scheme No. 6031) of UGC, New Delhi, India.

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Pal, S.K., Mehta, N. Some novel perspectives of iso-conversional analysis in the study of Meyer–Neldel energy for thermally governed crystallization by using Johnson–Mehl–Avrami (JMA) theory. J Therm Anal Calorim 148, 883–895 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-022-11836-0

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