Thermal Decomposition Study of Ferrocene [(C₅H₅)₂Fe]

Table 1

Values of the activation energy (𝐸) estimated following different equations and the frequency factor (𝐴) for different heating rates (𝛽) for thermal decomposition of ferrocene.

𝛼^#	Activation energy, 𝐸/kJ·mole^−1							Frequency factor 𝐴/min^−1
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(7)	(8)	(13)	𝛽 = 5/K min^−1	𝛽 = 10/K min^−1	𝛽 = 15/K min^−1	𝛽 = 20/K min^−1
0.1	64.18	88.6	77.6	87.7	68.01	68.01	68.02	2.3 × 10^4	2.29 × 10^4	2.41 × 10^4	2.33 × 10^4
0.2					67.66	67.66	67.68	8.11 × 10^4	8.09 × 10^4	8.54 × 10^4	8.25 × 10^4
0.3					66.34	66.34	66.36	1.24 × 10^5	1.25 × 10^5	1.33 × 10^5	1.28 × 10^5
0.4					66.42	66.42	66.44	2.22 × 10^5	2.24 × 10^5	2.37 × 10^5	2.28 × 10^5
0.5					66.42	66.42	66.44	3.43 × 10^5	3.45 × 10^5	3.66 × 10^5	3.51 × 10^5
0.6					67.21	67.21	67.23	6.06 × 10^5	6.04 × 10^5	6.39 × 10^5	6.16 × 10^5
0.7					67.40	67.40	67.40	8.55 × 10^5	8.51 × 10^5	9.00 × 10^5	8.69 × 10^5
0.8					69.41	69.41	69.42	1.92 × 10^6	1.88 × 10^6	1.97 × 10^6	1.93 × 10^6
0.9					68.34	68.34	68.35	1.80 × 10^6	1.77 × 10^6	1.87 × 10^6	1.81 × 10^6

^#𝛼: extent of conversion.
Note: A = 1.87 × 10⁵ from (1) and 1.05 × 10⁸ from (4).