Activation energy for calcination of lime stone by means of a temperature programmed reaction technique

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-6031(97)00257-8

Calcination of lime stone is considered in order to demonstrate the performance of a temperature programmed reaction technique to determine apparent activation energies for decomposition in the solid state. Influences of sample weight, particle size and sweep gas (He and Ar) are discussed, and comparisons made with thermogravimetric studies in the literature.