Chain reaction mechanism of cellulose pyrolysis

摘要

AbstractChatterjee and Conrad1studied the kinetics of pyrolysis of cotton cellulose in the temperature range 270–310°C and proposed a chain reaction mechanism. Lipska and Parker8studied the pyrolysis of the α‐cellulose in the temperature range 250–300°C and interpreted the kinetic data differently. Both articles were published almost simultaneously. In this paper Lipska and Parker's complete data have been again analyzed and reinterpreted in light of the chain reaction mechanism. The energies of activation for initiation and propagation steps of the cellulose decomposition reaction are d