China Plastics ›› 2021, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (9): 27-33.DOI: 10.19491/j.issn.1001-9278.2021.09.005

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Study on Thermal Decomposition Kinetics of Calixarene

ZHANG Dingran1(), LU Lingang2()   

  1. 1.School of Fire Protection Engineering,China People's Police University,Langfang 065000,China
    2.Office of Academic Research,China People's Police University,Langfang 065000,China
  • Received:2021-03-22 Online:2021-09-26 Published:2021-09-23

Abstract:

The thermal stability of calixarene and p?tert?butylcalixarene was studied by thermogravimetric analysis (TG) under a nitrogen atmosphere, and their apparent activation energy were calculated using the Kissinger’s and Flynn?wall?Ozawa’s methods. The thermal decomposition kinetic mechanisms and models were determined from the Coats?Redfern method. The apparent activation energy of calixarene was determined to be 166.64 kJ/mol and 175.79 kJ/mol through the Kissinger’s and Flynn?wall?Ozawa’s methods, respectively. The apparent activation energy of 4?tert?butylcalixarene were calculated to be 153.97 kJ/mol and 166.81 kJ/mol through the Kissinger’s and Flynn?wall?Ozawa’s methods, respectively. The results indicated that the thermal properties of two compounds were relatively stable in nitrogen, and their decomposition temperatures had a strong adaptability to polymer materials. The thermal decomposition mechanism function and reaction order of calixarene were determined to be g(α)=[-ln(1-α)]3/2 and n =3/2, respectively. Its non?isothermal thermal decomposition mechanism belongs to the random nucleation and subsequent growth reaction. The thermal decomposition mechanism function and reaction order of 4?tert?butylcalixarene were determined to be g(α)=[-ln(1-α)]2/3 and n=2/3, respectively. Its non?isothermal thermal decomposition mechanism belongs to the random nucleation and subsequent growth reaction. The thermal decomposition mechanism function and reaction order of 4?tert?butylcalixarene for the thermal decomposition process of benzene ring were determined to be g(α)=α2 and n=2, respectively. Its non?isothermal thermal decomposition mechanism belongs to the one?dimensional diffusion reaction.

Key words: calixarene, 4?tert?Butylcalixarene, thermogravimetry, thermal decomposition, kinetics

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