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On the evaluation of the accuracy of activation energies calculated by integral methods: rebuttal of a putative correction

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In this short communication, a recent article published in the Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, which presents an erroneous conclusion based on incorrect calculations, is critically discussed. Since the observations made in that report are based on part of the content of a publication of my authorship, trying to reject some expressions I presented, obviously it came to my attention. This brief note emphasizes that some of the arguments used and the main conclusion stressed in the manuscript under discussion are wrong and must be dismissed.

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  1. Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais (LCM), Laboratório Associado LSRE/LCM, Departamento de Engenharia Química, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal

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Órfão, J.J.M. On the evaluation of the accuracy of activation energies calculated by integral methods: rebuttal of a putative correction. J Therm Anal Calorim 100, 593–597 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-009-0356-1

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