Table of Contents Author Guidelines Submit a Manuscript
Table of Contents Alerts

To receive news and publication updates for International Journal of Chemical Engineering, enter your email address in the box below.

International Journal of Chemical Engineering
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 782346, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/782346
Research Article

Enthalpy-Entropy Compensation in Polyester Degradation Reactions

Adam Al-Mulla

Chemical Engineering Department, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 5969, 13060 Safat, Kuwait

Received 22 May 2012; Accepted 28 July 2012

Academic Editor: Adrian Schumpe

Copyright © 2012 Adam Al-Mulla. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Linked References

  1. R. López-Fonseca, I. Landa, M. A. Gutiérrez-Ortiz, and J. R. González-Velasco, “Non-isothermal analysis of the kinetics of the combustion of carbonaceous materials,” Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, vol. 80, no. 1, pp. 65–69, 2005. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  2. J. Norwisz and T. Musielak, “Compensation law again,” Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, vol. 88, no. 3, pp. 751–755, 2007. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  3. D. Dos Santos Dias, M. S. Crespi, and C. A. Ribeiro, “Non-isothermal decomposition kinetics of the interaction of poly(ethylene terephthalate) with alkyd varnish,” Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, vol. 94, no. 2, pp. 539–543, 2008. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  4. B. Janković, L. Kolar-Anić, I. Smičiklas, S. Dimović, and D. Arandelović, “The non-isothermal thermogravimetric tests of animal bones combustion. Part. I. Kinetic analysis,” Thermochimica Acta, vol. 495, no. 1-2, pp. 129–138, 2009. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  5. A. Al-Mulla, “Kinetic investigation of compensation effect in degradation of polyesters-1. Under revision in Euro,” Polymer Journal. In press.
  6. M. E. Brown, D. Dollimore, and A. K. Galwey, “Reactions in the solid state,” in Comprehensive Chemical Kinetics, vol. 22, p. 1, 1980. View at Google Scholar
  7. P. D. Garn, “The kinetic compensation effect,” in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Thermal Analysis (ICTA'74), I. Buzas, Ed., vol. 1 of Thermal Analysis, pp. 25–31, 1974.
  8. A. V. Nikolaev, V. A. Logvinenko, V. M. Gorbatchov, and L. I. Myachina, “Thermal Analysis,” in in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Thermal Analysis (ICTA'74), vol. 1, p. 205, 1974.
  9. A. W. Coats and J. P. Redfern, “Kinetic parameters from thermogravimetric data II,” Journal of Polymer Science Part B, pp. 3917–3920, 1965. View at Google Scholar
  10. V. Indira and G. Parameswaran, “Thermal decomposition kinetics of Schiff base complexes of copper(II) and palladium(II),” Journal of Thermal Analysis, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 1151–1162, 1987. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  11. P. V. Khadikar, “Structure and thermal characterization of tris-thallium(III) glycollate,” Journal of Thermal Analysis, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 737–748, 1987. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  12. N. S. Petro and B. S. Girgis, “Dehydration kinetics of hydrated iron oxide from dynamic thermogravimetry,” Journal of Thermal Analysis, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 37–45, 1988. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  13. K. N. Ninan, “Kinetics of solid state thermal decomposition reactions,” Journal of Thermal Analysis, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 1267–1278, 1989. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  14. J. J. M. Orfao and F. G. Martins, “Kinetic analysis of solid state thermal decomposition reactions,” Thermochimica Acta, vol. 390, pp. 195–201, 2002. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
  15. I. Prigogine and R. Defay, Chemical Thermodynamics, Longmans Green and Co., London, UK, 1954.
  16. O. F. Shlensky and E. F. Vaynshteyn, “Thermal analysis study of the dynamic decomposition of polymers during rapid heating, limiting temperatures of thermolysis,” Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 1477–1482, 1989. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
  17. E. F. Vainstein and G. E. Zaikov, “Role of chain length in degradation process (chain breakdown),” Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 84, no. 10, pp. 1810–1817, 2002. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  18. N. M. Emanuel and D. G. Knorre, Chemical Kinetics, Vysshaya Shkola, Moscow, russia, 1984.
  19. M. A. Semiokhin, S. A. Strakhov, and A. N. Osipov, Kinetics of Chemical Reactions, Moscow State University, 1995.
  20. J. Sestak, Thermochemical Properties of Solids, Academica, Prague, Czech Republic, 1984.
  21. V. Indira and G. Parameswaran, “Thermal decomposition kinetics of salicylideneaminofluorene complexes of Cobalt(II) and Nickel(II),” Thermochimica Acta, vol. 101, pp. 145–154, 1986. View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  22. L. T. Vlaev, I. G. Markovska, and L. A. Lyubchev, “Non-isothermal kinetics of pyrolysis of rice husk,” Thermochimica Acta, vol. 406, no. 1-2, pp. 1–7, 2003. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  23. L. H. McAmish and F. J. Johnston, “Sulfur exchange and decomposition kinetics in solid Na2S2O3,” Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 537–540, 1976. View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  24. G. W. Collet and B. Rand, “Thermogravimetric investigation of the pyrolysis of pitch materials. A compensation effect and variation in kinetic parameters with heating rate,” Thermochimica Acta, vol. 41, pp. 153–165, 1980. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
  25. R. K. Agrawal, “On the compensation effect,” Journal of Thermal Analysis, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 73–86, 1986. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  26. J. M. Criado, L. A. Perez-Maqueda, and P. E. sanchez-Jimenez, “Dependence of pre-exponential factor on temperature,” Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, vol. 82, pp. 671–678, 2005. View at Google Scholar
  27. L. Liu and Q. X. Guo, “Isokinetic relationship, isoequilibrium relationship, and enthalpy-entropy compensation,” Chemical Reviews, vol. 101, no. 3, pp. 673–695, 2001. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  28. O. Exner, “On the enthalpy-entropy-relationship,” Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, vol. 29, pp. 1094–1113, 1964. View at Google Scholar
  29. L. D. Peterson and S. D. Kevan, “Desorption and molecular interactions on surfaces: CO/Cu(001) and Cu(011),” The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 94, no. 3, pp. 2281–2293, 1991. View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  30. R. R. Krug, W. G. Hunter, and R. A. Grieger, “Enthalpy-entropy compensation. 2. Separation of the chemical from the statistical effect,” Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 80, no. 21, pp. 2341–2351, 1976. View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus