Kinetics of thermal degradation and estimation of lifetime for polypropylene particles: Effects of particle size

Abstract The thermal stability and degradation behavior of polypropylene (PP) particles having diameter varying from few micrometers to nanometers were studied by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The PP particles of average diameter ∼20 μm, ∼10 μm, ∼5 μm, ∼1 μm and

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