Explorative Kinetic Study on the Thermal Degradation of Five Wood Species for Applications in the Archaeological Field
- 6 November 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Annali di Chimica
- Vol. 96 (11-12), 715-725
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adic.200690074
Abstract
Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TG) were performed on wood samples of different essences (fir, chestnut, poplar, linden and oak) before consolidation. A kinetic analysis was applied on the two‐steps decomposition processes occurring in all wood samples using either the multi‐heating rates Kissinger equation and the isoconversional Ozawa‐Flynn‐Wall method that enables the variation of activation energy to be determined as a function of the degree of reaction. Taking into account both decomposition temperature and activation energy for the first degradation step oak seems to be the less stable sample. The comparison of DSC curves performed in air with those in oxygen enables to consider the role of the partial pressure of oxygen in the mechanisms of both decompositions.Keywords
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