ISOTHERMAL DEGRADATION OF UNTREATED AND FIRE RETARDANT TREATED CELLULOSE AT 350C,
Abstract
Untreated and 2% (NH4)H2PO4 treated alpha cellulose samples were isothermally pyrolyzed in a fluidized bath in a nitrogen environment at 350C. The overall degradation pattern for the untreated samples seems to be similar to that which was observed between 275-300C. The active pyrolysis of the retardant treated cellulose was completed in less than 1.0 minute, leaving a residual weight of 34%; whereas the active pyrolysis of the untreated samples was completed in 10 minutes, yielding a residual weight of 16%. A detailed examination of the initial period of the rapid volatilization and decomposition of the untreated samples at 288C, indicated that the rate of volatilization and decomposition was at least four times as great as that portrayed by the region in which these parameters followed a zero-order rate. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 23, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0658717
Entities
People
- A. E. Lipska
Organizations
- Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory