Article: Kinetic Analysis of Isothermal Decomposition Process of Sodium Bicarbonate Using the Weibull Probability Function-Estimation of Density Distribution Functions of the Apparent Activation Energies

The decomposition process of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO^sub 3^) has been studied by thermogravimetry in isothermal conditions at four different operating temperatures (380 K, 400 K, 420 K, and 440 K). It was found that the experimental integral and differential conversion curves at the different operating temperatures can be successfully described by the isothermal Weibull distribution function with a unique value of the shape parameter (β = 1.07). It was also established that the Weibull distribution parameters (β and η) show independent behavior on the operating temperature. Using the integral and differential (Friedman) isoconversional methods, in the conversion ...

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