Kinetics of calcium carbonate decomposition

Abstract

AbstractExperiments on thermal decomposition of calcium carbonate were carried out in a thermogravimetric analyser under non‐isothermal conditions of different heating rates (10 to 100°C/ min). A new technique for determining the kinetic parameters from non‐ isothermal thermogravimetric data was described. The activation energy and frequency factors were determined from the proposed method and also by the widely used Coats and Redfern method. The kinetic compensation effect between the activation energy and frequency factors obtained from both the methods were found to be very consistent and are in very good agreement with the literature values. The activation energy and frequency factors were also determined from isothermal experiments in the temperature range from 680 to 875°C. The activation energy and frequency factors determined from isothermal data using initial rate method were also found to be in very good agreement with the above results. It is also found that the kinetic parameters determined by isothermal analysis were consistent with the values determined by non‐isothermal analysis.