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Rate Equations in Thermogravimetry

Nature volume 227, pages 703–704 (1970)Cite this article

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MacCallum and Tanner1 have argued persuasively for modifying the rate equations used in thermogravimetry, but their conclusions are incorrect. There is no fundamental error of the kind they suggest in the usually accepted procedures and some other reason must be found for discrepancies in derived kinetic parameters. In the present context the point at issue has been dealt with by Kissinger2, as follows.

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HILL, R. Rate Equations in Thermogravimetry. Nature 227, 703–704 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227703a0

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