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174 Heat Treatment – Conventional and Novel Applications

MLP - Multilayer Perceptron MS - Mass Spectrometry

XRD - X-Ray Diffraction

h(P) - pressure function

r - reaction rate (1 min-1) R - gas constant (J mol-1 K) rp - correlation coefficient

t - time (min) T - temperature (K)

'

*m T*α

' α

*Subscripts* 

i, j - order

B - const C - const

SEM - Skanning Elektron Microscopy TEM - Transmission Electron Microscopy

g(α) - integral form of kinetic model

k(T) - reaction rate constant (1 min -1) m0 - initial sample mass for the stage (mg) m - current sample mass for the stage (mg) mk - final sample mass after for the stage (mg)


heating rate Δ α - conversion degree range β - heating rate (K min-1)

m - maximum rate of a stage

ΔT - temperature range (K) TGu, TGun - normalized TG α - conversion degree

**6. Nomenclature** 

coalescence and growth to micron sizes. Kinetics and by the same, the mechanism of the processes of oxidation of nanocrystalline TiCx in form of powder were tested, and they were

subjected to evaluation based on the comparison of the rate of oxidation.

TG – DSG - Thermogravimtry and Differential Scanning Calorymetry

f(α) - conversion function dependent on mechanism of reaction f '(α m) - derivative of f(α) function for maximal reaction rate φ (T, α,, P) ) - temperature, conversion degree and pressure function

GRNN - Generalized-Regresion Neural Network

A - pre-exponential Arrhenius factor (1min-1)

E - apparent activation energy (J mol-1, kJ mol-1)

T α =0, T <sup>α</sup> =1 - initial and final temperature of the stage (K)

α m - conversion degree for maximum rate of a stage

Tm - maximum conversion rate temperature for a stage (K)

α*m*

*<sup>m</sup>* - average conversion degree for rate maxima of a stage for different

## Anna Biedunkiewicz

*Institute of Materials Science and Engineering West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland* 
