From: Mechanistic formation of hazardous molecular heterocyclic amines from high temperature pyrolysis of model biomass materials: cellulose and tyrosine
Temp. (°C)
200
300
350
400
450
500
600
700
% char yield (tyrosine)
99.9
81.5
46.1
37.0
36.4
33.3
26.6
18.5
% char yield (cellulose)
92.7
91.4
90.2
32.7
30.8
27.6
21.6
21.3