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Thermal stability and degradation kinetic study of white and colored cotton fibers by thermogravimetric analysis

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Thermal degradation behavior using thermogravimetry (TG), chemical composition and crystallinity by X-ray diffraction of white and naturally colored cotton fibers (ruby, beige, brown and green) were studied. Flynn-Wall-Ozawa method was used to investigate the thermal decomposition kinetics of the different fibers. The white cotton fiber has higher thermal stability and higher apparent activation energy (E a) value compared to the colored fibers. There are no significant differences in initial temperature of degradation in air or in nitrogen atmosphere for the same type of fiber. Chemical composition and crystallinity influenced the thermal degradation behavior of the fibers studied.

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  1. Embrapa Instrumentação Agropecuária, CP 741, 13560-970, São Carlos, SP, Brazil

    E. Corradini, E. M. Teixeira, P. D. Paladin & L. H. C. Mattoso

  2. Departamento de Engenharia de Materiais da UFSCar, CP 676, 13560-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil

    J. A. Agnelli

  3. Embrapa Algodão, CP 174, 58107-720, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil

    O. R. R. F. Silva

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Corradini, E., Teixeira, E.M., Paladin, P.D. et al. Thermal stability and degradation kinetic study of white and colored cotton fibers by thermogravimetric analysis. J Therm Anal Calorim 97, 415 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-008-9693-8

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