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Analysis of the kinetics of phase transformations

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A common basis of reaction-rate theories is discussed for isothermal and non-isothermal transformations. As a result compatible recipes have been obtained for the extraction of kinetic parameters from isothermally and non-isothermally conducted experiments. It follows that so-called Kissinger-like methods for non-isothermal kinetic analysis, originally derived for homogeneous reactions, can also be applied to heterogeneous reactions, and that these methods constitute (only) a special case of the general analysis proposed. The recipes presented are illustrated by a series of examples taken from recent research on solid-state transformations; among other things, isothermal and non-isothermal analyses of the same transformation are compared and use of the notion of “effective activation energy”, that varies during the course of an overall transformation, is discussed.

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Mittemeijer, E.J. Analysis of the kinetics of phase transformations. J Mater Sci 27, 3977–3987 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01105093

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