<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The differential thermal analysis of reconstituted tobacco sheet heated at rates of 0.1°C/s to 500°C/s in an inert atmosphere is reported. As the heating rate is increased, the characteristic temperature of each global process observed is increased. Using a non-isothermal first-order kinetic equation, the activation energies and frequency factors are obtained for these bulk decomposition processes</p></abstract>

The differential thermal analysis of reconstituted tobacco sheet heated at rates of 0.1°C/s to 500°C/s in an inert atmosphere is reported. As the heating rate is increased, the characteristic temperature of each global process observed is increased. Using a non-isothermal first-order kinetic equation, the activation energies and frequency factors are obtained for these bulk decomposition processes

Differential Thermal Analysis of Tobacco as a Function of Heating Rate

Philip Morris Research Center, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.

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The differential thermal analysis of reconstituted tobacco sheet heated at rates of 0.1°C/s to 500°C/s in an inert atmosphere is reported. As the heating rate...

Differential Thermal Analysis of Tobacco as a Function of Heating Rate

Publié en ligne: 14 août 2014

Pages: 7 - 12

Reçu: 02 août 1976

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0420

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