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Table 1 Different reaction models used in the solid-state kinetics (Vyazovkin et al. 2011; Khawam and Flanagan 2006; Milićević et al. 2017; Vyazovkin et al. 2014)

From: Non-isothermal reaction mechanism and kinetic analysis for the synthesis of monoclinic lithium zirconate (m-Li2ZrO3) during solid-state reaction

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Reaction model

f(α)

g(α)

Nucleation models

1

Power law (P2)

1/2

α1/2

2

Power law (P3)

2/3

α1/3

3

Power law (P4)

3/4

α1/4

4

Avrami-Erofeyev (A2)

2(1−α)[−ln(1−α)]1/2

[−ln(1−α)]1/2

5

Avrami-Erofeyev (A3)

3(1−α)[ −ln(1−α)]2/3

[−ln(1−α)]1/3

6

Avrami-Erofeyev (A4)

4(1−α)[ −ln(1−α)]3/4

[−ln(1−α)]1/4

7

Modified Prout-Tompkins (B1)

α(1−α)

ln[α/(1−α)]

Geometrical contraction models

8

Contracting area (R2)

2(1−α)1/2

1− (1−α)1/2

9

Contracting volume (R3)

3(1−α)2/3

1− (1−α)1/3

Diffusion models

10

One-dimensional diffusion (D1)

1/(2α)

α2

11

Two-dimensional diffusion (D2)

− [1/ln(1−α)]

((1−α)ln(1−α))+α

12

Three-dimensional diffusion (D3)

[3(1−α)2/3]/[2(1− (1−α)1/3)]

(1−(1−α)1/3)2

13

Ginstling-Brounshtein (D4)

3/[2(1−(1−α)−1/3−1)]

1− (2/3)α−(1−α)2/3

Reaction-order models

14

Zero-order (F0/R1)

1

α

15

First-order (F1)

(1−α)

−ln(1−α)

16

Second-order (F2)

(1−α)2

[1/(1−α)] −1

17

Third-order (F3)

(1−α)3

(1/2)[(1−α)−2−1]