- Author
- Lewin, M. | Basch, A.
- Title
- Influence of Fine Structure on the Pyrolysis and Combustion of Cellulosics.
- Coporate
- Israel Fiber Inst., Jerusalem
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- CONTRACT-135955
- Keywords
- cellulose | combustion | pyrolysis
- Abstract
- A series of cellulosics comprising cottons, ramies and rayons differing in degrees of crystallinity and orientation were purified, characterized and pyrolyzed in vacuum and in air at low and high temperatures. The kinetics of the low temperature pyrolyses were studied and activation energies were derived by dynamic TGA.