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Table 1 Model functions considered in this study along with their expressions.

From: Detailed kinetic and chemometric study of the cellulose thermal breakdown in artificially aged and non aged commercial paper. Different methods for computing activation energy as an assessment model in archaeometric applications

Model mechanism

Symbol

Mathematical expressions

First-order decay (n=1)

F1

(1–α)

Second-order decay (n=2)

F2

(1– α)2

Third-order decay (n=3)

F3

0.5 · (1– α)3

Avrami-Erofeev (n=2)

A2

2 · (1– α) · [–ln(1– α)]0.5

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