Author/Authors
akbay, elif anadolu university - faculty of engineering - department of chemical engineering, Eskişehir, Turkey , altiokka, mehmet r. anadolu university - faculty of engineering - department of chemical engineering, Eskişehir, Turkey
Title Of Article
KINETICS OF BORAX DEHYDRATION BY THERMAL ANALYSIS
شماره ركورد
34441
Abstract
Anhydrous borax is an important industrial product obtained either from borax decahydrate or borax pentahydrate. The kinetics of dehydration of borax pentahydrate using TG and DTA techniques was studied. It was shown that 2.25 mole of the crystal water removes in the first step with zero order kinetics in the temperature range between 382 and 433 K. The removing of the remaining water was completed at 733 K with the second order reaction in the second steps. Arrhenius form of reaction rate constant for step 1 and 2 were also determined. They are: k0 = 5.37 × 10615 exp(-16141.5/T)and k2=1.4 exp(-1575.6/T) respectively, where T is absolute temperature in K. The total activation energy calculated from Coats-Redfern method was found to be 147.3 kJ/mol. It was also found that this value is in a good agreement with those calculated from Kissinger and Doyle methods.
From Page
713
NaturalLanguageKeyword
Dehydration , Non , isothermal kinetic , Borax , Thermal Analysis
JournalTitle
Anadolu University Journal of Science and Technology. A : Applied Sciences and Engineering
To Page
719
JournalTitle
Anadolu University Journal of Science and Technology. A : Applied Sciences and Engineering
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