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On the apparent compensation effect found for two parallel reactions

✍ Scribed by P. Budrugeac; E. Segal

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 193 KB
Volume: 30
Category: Article
ISSN: 0538-8066
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4601(1998)30:9<673::aid-kin8>3.0.co;2-p

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✦ Synopsis

The authors present a critical analysis of the use of an overall single reaction rate equation instead of the true rate equations corresponding to the decomposition of a substance according to two parallel reactions. Isothermal as well as nonisothermal decomposition are considered. An apparent compensation effect has been evidenced in both cases. It has been assigned to the dependence of the kinetic parameters on temperature (for the isothermal case), conversion, and heating rate (for nonisothermal one).