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Thermogravimetry. Empirical approximation for the “temperature integrals”

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The temperature integrals\(p_m (x) = \int_x^\infty {e^{ - x} u^{ - 2 - m} du} \) with m=0, 1/2 and 1 are approximated using empirical formulae of the type Ax−Be−Cx. For estimation of the precision of these approximations, the relative errors were calculated for integral values ofx. It was established that forx < 19 the maximum relative error is 0.26%, while for 19 ≤x<50 it is less than 0.1%. The suggested approximations allow a sensible improvement of the integral methods intended to determine the kinetic parameters of the process concerned.

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Fürm-0, 1/2 und 1 werden Temperaturintegrale der Form\(p_m (x) = \int_x^\infty {e^{ - x} u^{ - 2 - m} du} \) du mit empirischen Formeln des TypesAx −B e −Cx näherungsweise berechnet.

Zur Bestimmung der Genauigkeit dieser Näherung wurde für Integralwerte vonx der relative Fehler berechnet. Der maximale relative Fehler liegt fürx < 19 bei 0.26% und ist im Intervall 19≤x≤50 kleiner als 0.1%.

Die vorgeschlagenen Näherungen erlauben eine wesentliche Verbesserung von Integriermethoden zur Bestimmung kinetischer Parameter diesbezüglicher Prozesse.

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This paper was presented at the National Congress of Chemistry, Bucuresti, Sept. 11–14, 1978; in Abstracts, Pt. 1, 151 (1978).

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Agherghinei, I. Thermogravimetry. Empirical approximation for the “temperature integrals”. Journal of Thermal Analysis 36, 473–479 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01914501

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