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Kinetics of heat release during decomposition of cellulose

Yu. I. Rubtsov, A. I. Kazakov, L. P. Andrienko, G. B. Manelis

Chernogolovka Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka

Abstract: The kinetic behavior and temperature dependences of the rate constants for thermal decomposition are determined for cellulose of different biological origins and forms. The possibility of thermal decomposition of cellulose in a combustion regime without oxygen is analyzed.

UDC: 541.126

Received: 23.10.1992
Revised: 16.02.1993

 English version: Combustion, Explosion and Shock Waves, 1993, 29:6, 710–713