- Author
- Hirata, T.
- Title
- Pyrolysis of Cellulose, An Introduction to the Literature.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NBSIR 85-3218, August 1985, 35 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- bibliographics | cellulose | kinetics | pyrolysis | reaction models | weight loss
- Abstract
- Topics related to cellulose pyrolysis are briefly surveyed under several headings. The principal aim is to give the reader some grasp of the issues involved and provide a guide to the relevant literature; 171 references are cited. The headings include: Changes in cellulose fine structure with heating; chemical changes during pyrolytic weight loss and kinetic modeling of pyrolysis. Principal emphasis is on the last area; it is concluded that no current model adequately predicts both the observed changes in degree of polymerization and the weight loss during heating.