- Author
- Staggs, J. E. J.
- Title
- Theory for Quasi-Steady Single-Step Thermal Degradation of Polymers.
- Coporate
- Leeds Univ., Yorkshire, UK
- Journal
- Fire and Materials, Vol. 22, No. 3, 109-118, May/June 1998
- Keywords
- plastics | thermal degradation | solids | equations | thermal decomposition | polymethyl methacrylate | kinetics | temperature | mathematical models | heat flux
- Identifiers
- derivation of the quasi-steady approximations; existence of the quasi-steady approximation; alternative characterisation of kinetic parameters; validity of the quasi-steady approximation and the onset of quasi-steady behavior; effect of latent heat of vaporisation