This article proposes a new logarithmic approximate formula of the Arrhenius temperature integral p(u) for nonisothermal analysis using the Solver algorithm. The proposed formula is presented as À ln pðuÞ ¼ a þ b ln u þ cu, and the values for a, b and c are 0.69038, 1.71975 and 1.01249, respectively, for 1 u 5 20; 0.45891, 1.85919 and 1.00275, respectively, for 20 u 5 35; and 0.27341, 1.93235 and 1.00060, respectively, for 35 u 5 100: The validity of the proposed Arrhenius temperature integral formula has been tested by investigating the thermal decomposition kinetics of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS). The activation energy and the pre-exponential factor determined by the proposed formula are 48.7385 kcal mol À1 and 2.6 Â 10 16 s À1 , respectively. The reaction model of ABS thermal decomposition obtained with the method of master plots indicates that the phase boundary reaction model best describes the thermal decomposition reaction of ABS. The accuracy of the proposed Arrhenius temperature integral formula has also been tested by numerical analysis, and deviations from numerical values were compared with those of several previously published approximation formulae. The results show that the proposed formula is superior and is nearly ideal for estimating kinetic parameters from non-isothermal thermogravimetric data.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.