Kinetic Degradation and Reaction Mechanisms in the Solid State of Natural Fibers

6 Kinetic Degradation and Reaction Mechanisms in the Solid State of Natural Fibers 

To summarize, at low conversion values, the degradation process in vegetal fibers seems to be mainly dominated by the following parameters, or some interrelationships between these parameters the volatilization of water, the degradation of extractives, the degradation of lignin, the breakdown of hemicellulose, and the degradation of amorphous domains of cellulose. 

Low heating transfer highly ordered cellulose regions may act as barriers to heat transfer 

High heating transfer non-ordered cellulose regions may promote more heat transfer 

The plots of the FWO method, which was used for the determination of the values 

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