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On the Validity of the Steady-State Approximation in Non-Isothermal Kinetics: Part IV. The case of constant rate thermal analysis

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The paper investigates the validity of steady-state approximation for the case of constant rate thermal analysis experiments. It is shown that the approximation holds for the experiments run with a controlled rate of either the decomposition of the compound, or the production of gas.

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  1. LACECA Research Centre, Str. Siret 95, RO-78308, Bucharest, Romania

    C. Popescu & E. Urbanovici

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Bucharest, Bd, Kogalniceanu 13, Bucharest, Romania

    E. Segal

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Popescu, C., Urbanovici, E. & Segal, E. On the Validity of the Steady-State Approximation in Non-Isothermal Kinetics: Part IV. The case of constant rate thermal analysis. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 58, 677–681 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010173015831

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