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Kinetic analysis of the polymer burnout in ceramic thermoplastic processing of the YSZ thin electrolyte structures using model free method

Salehi, Mehdi ; Clemens, Frank ; Graule, Thomas ; Grobéty, Bernard

In: Applied Energy, 2012, vol. 95, p. 147-155

Polymeric binder burnout during thermoplastic processing of yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) ceramics were analyzed using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The debinding kinetics of the stearic acid/polystyrene binder have been described using model free methods and compared with the decomposition rate of the pure polymers. The apparent activation energy Eα as a function of...