Kinetics of catalytic carbon black oxidation

Abstract Kinetics of the catalyzed oxidation of carbon black (CB) in the presence of Ce–Al oxides is studied. The activation energies for CB combustion are determined from the DTA–TG data. The catalysts performances are compared on the basis of thermal analysis and calculated kinetic parameters. In this investigation, a convenient method for the rapid calculation of the kinetic parameters from single DTA–TG curves is proposed.