Journal
JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY
Volume 93, Issue 1, Pages 127-133Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-007-8834-9
Keywords
autocatalytic model; cumene hydroperoxide (CHP); curve fitting; isothermal microcalorimetry; thermal activity monitor (TAM)
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The exothermic decomposition of cumene hydroperoxide (CHP) in cumene liquid was characterized by isothermal microcalorimetry, involving the thermal activity monitor (TAM). Unlike the exothermic behaviors previously determined from an adiabatic calorimeter, such as the vent sizing package 2 (VSP2), or differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermal curves revealed that CHP undergoes an autocatalytic decomposition detectable between 75 and 90C. Previous studies have shown that the CHP in a temperature range higher than 100C conformed to an n(th) order reaction rate model. CHP heat of decomposition and autocatalytic kinetics behavior were measured and compared with previous reports, and the methodology and the advantages of using the TAM to obtain an autocatalytic model by curve fitting are reported. With various autocatalytic models, such as the Prout-Tompkins equation and the Avrami-Erofeev rate law, the best curve fit among models was also investigated and proposed.
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