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T1 - Kinetics and 13C NMR Study of Oxygen Incorporation into PVC- and Pitch-Derived Materials
AU - Altoe, Gisele F.
AU - Freitas, Jair C. C.
AU - Cunha, Alfredo G.
AU - Emmerich, Francisco G.
AU - Smith, Mark E.
PY - 2009/3/19
Y1 - 2009/3/19
N2 - The kinetics of oxygen incorporation into a PVC-derived material with pitch-like characteristics was studied by isothermal thermogravimetric analysis at temperatures ranging from 200 to 270 °C. Activation energy, Ea, pre-exponential factor, A, and rate constants, kT, were obtained from the weight-gain curves recorded during reactions of the material with molecular oxygen, which were analyzed following a kinetic first-order model. The numerical values obtained were Ea = 100.5 kJ/mol and A = 1.6 × 1010 h−1. The extent of the oxidation at a fixed temperature was monitored by elemental analysis, and the chemical changes in the materials were followed by solid-state 13C NMR. The study was next extended to the chars obtained from three coal tar pitches with different softening points (55, 85, and 110 °C). Comparisons were then established between the determined kinetic parameters and the chemical/structural aspects and compositions of each analyzed material.
AB - The kinetics of oxygen incorporation into a PVC-derived material with pitch-like characteristics was studied by isothermal thermogravimetric analysis at temperatures ranging from 200 to 270 °C. Activation energy, Ea, pre-exponential factor, A, and rate constants, kT, were obtained from the weight-gain curves recorded during reactions of the material with molecular oxygen, which were analyzed following a kinetic first-order model. The numerical values obtained were Ea = 100.5 kJ/mol and A = 1.6 × 1010 h−1. The extent of the oxidation at a fixed temperature was monitored by elemental analysis, and the chemical changes in the materials were followed by solid-state 13C NMR. The study was next extended to the chars obtained from three coal tar pitches with different softening points (55, 85, and 110 °C). Comparisons were then established between the determined kinetic parameters and the chemical/structural aspects and compositions of each analyzed material.
U2 - 10.1021/ef8009926
DO - 10.1021/ef8009926
M3 - Journal article
VL - 23
SP - 1373
EP - 1378
JO - Energy and Fuels
JF - Energy and Fuels
SN - 1520-5029
IS - 3
ER -