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Critical Analysis of the Isoconversional Methods for Evaluating the Activation Energy. I. Theoretical background

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It is demonstrated that, if the activation energy depends on the degree of conversion, its values obtained by isoconversional differential and integral methods are different.

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  1. ICPE – Research and Development Institute for Electrical Engineering, Splaiul Unirii 313, Sector 3, 74204, Bucharest, Romania

    P Budrugeac

  2. Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, P.O. Box 1-24, 70700, Bucharest, Romania

    D. Homentcovschi

  3. Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Bucharest, Bd. Elisabeta 4–12, Bucharest, Romania

    E. Segal

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Budrugeac, P., Homentcovschi, D. & Segal, E. Critical Analysis of the Isoconversional Methods for Evaluating the Activation Energy. I. Theoretical background. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 63, 457–463 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010148611036

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