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Thermal and kinetic analyses on Michael addition reaction of acrylic acid Michiya Fujita 1 Yoshiaki Iizuka 2 Atsumi Miyake 1,3 Received: 29 March 2016 / Accepted: 19 November 2016 / Published online: 8 December 2016 Ó The Author(s) 2016. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract The purpose of this study is to obtain a better understanding of Michael addition reaction (MAR) which may induce runaway polymerization of acrylic acid. The heat of MAR was measured using a C80 Calvet-type heat flux calorimeter, and products of MAR were revealed by gel permeation chromatography. The reaction rate constant of MAR was obtained from kinetic analysis. In high-sen- sitivity calorimetry, a low rate of heat release due to MAR was detected. The heat of MAR was 109 J g -1 and con- version of acrylic acid to Michael adducts was 82 mass%. The products of MAR were acrylic acid dimers, trimers and tetramers. The reaction order was 2.5th, and the overall reaction rate constant was k = 3.52 9 10 3 9 exp (-1.18 9 10 5 /T [K]) L 1.5 mol -1.5 s -1 . The activation energy of MAR was 98.0 kJ mol -1 , which was similar in value to that of dimerization in previous studies. This indicated that dimer formation is the dominant reaction in MAR. Keywords Acrylic acid Michael addition reaction (MAR) Kinetic analysis Runaway polymerization Introduction Acrylic acid is widely used as a feedstock for highly transparent and water absorptive polymer. Due to its high reactivity, there are thermal hazards in the manufacturing process of acrylic acid monomer. Acrylic acid is prone to free radical polymerization, which releases heats and pressure when radical inhibitors or oxygen are absent. This unintended polymerization causes many explosive acci- dents [18]. Due to its high melting point (14 °C), acrylic acid typically requires heating to be melted down and processed in an industrial plant. There have been accidents [13] when overheating during this melting process initi- ates unintended polymerization. Generally, in storage tanks, a radical inhibitor is added to acrylic acid to prevent free radical polymerization, and the polymerization is prevented when the temperature increasing. However, the radical inhibitor cannot inhibit the ionic reaction called the Michael addition reaction (MAR) [9], which occurs exothermically in acrylic acid at relatively low tempera- ture. Levy et al. [2] proposed that MAR is one of the causes of increasing temperature in acrylic acid. MAR which forms acrylic acid dimers at ordinary temperature as shown in Fig. 1 is a mildly exothermic reaction. The heat gener- ation is small (heat of dimer formation: 130–150 J g -1 [2]) and the reaction rate is slow (rate of dimer formation: 0.02 mass% day -1 at 25 °C[16]). At high temperature under adiabatic conditions caused by cooling and stirring failures, however, accelerated MAR gradually increases acrylic acid temperature. At temperatures above the inac- tivation temperature of the inhibitor, polymerization is initiated. Previous studies [1015] have focused on the radical inhibitor and induction period of acrylic acid polymerization. However, it is important to investigate MAR, which occurs exothermically in the presence or & Atsumi Miyake [email protected] 1 Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya- ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan 2 PHA Consulting Co. Ltd, 3462-1, Nakatsu, Aikawa-machi, Aiko-gun, Kanagawa 240-0303, Japan 3 Institute of Advanced Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan 123 J Therm Anal Calorim (2017) 128:1227–1233 DOI 10.1007/s10973-016-5985-6
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Thermal and kinetic analyses on Michael addition reactionof acrylic acid

Michiya Fujita1 • Yoshiaki Iizuka2 • Atsumi Miyake1,3

Received: 29 March 2016 / Accepted: 19 November 2016 / Published online: 8 December 2016

� The Author(s) 2016. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com

Abstract The purpose of this study is to obtain a better

understanding of Michael addition reaction (MAR) which

may induce runaway polymerization of acrylic acid. The

heat of MAR was measured using a C80 Calvet-type heat

flux calorimeter, and products of MAR were revealed by

gel permeation chromatography. The reaction rate constant

of MAR was obtained from kinetic analysis. In high-sen-

sitivity calorimetry, a low rate of heat release due to MAR

was detected. The heat of MAR was 109 J g-1 and con-

version of acrylic acid to Michael adducts was 82 mass%.

The products of MAR were acrylic acid dimers, trimers and

tetramers. The reaction order was 2.5th, and the overall

reaction rate constant was k = 3.52 9 103 9 exp

(-1.18 9 105/T [K]) L1.5 mol-1.5 s-1. The activation

energy of MAR was 98.0 kJ mol-1, which was similar in

value to that of dimerization in previous studies. This

indicated that dimer formation is the dominant reaction in

MAR.

Keywords Acrylic acid � Michael addition reaction

(MAR) � Kinetic analysis � Runaway polymerization

Introduction

Acrylic acid is widely used as a feedstock for highly

transparent and water absorptive polymer. Due to its high

reactivity, there are thermal hazards in the manufacturing

process of acrylic acid monomer. Acrylic acid is prone to

free radical polymerization, which releases heats and

pressure when radical inhibitors or oxygen are absent. This

unintended polymerization causes many explosive acci-

dents [1–8]. Due to its high melting point (14 �C), acrylicacid typically requires heating to be melted down and

processed in an industrial plant. There have been accidents

[1–3] when overheating during this melting process initi-

ates unintended polymerization. Generally, in storage

tanks, a radical inhibitor is added to acrylic acid to prevent

free radical polymerization, and the polymerization is

prevented when the temperature increasing. However, the

radical inhibitor cannot inhibit the ionic reaction called the

Michael addition reaction (MAR) [9], which occurs

exothermically in acrylic acid at relatively low tempera-

ture. Levy et al. [2] proposed that MAR is one of the causes

of increasing temperature in acrylic acid. MAR which

forms acrylic acid dimers at ordinary temperature as shown

in Fig. 1 is a mildly exothermic reaction. The heat gener-

ation is small (heat of dimer formation: 130–150 J g-1 [2])

and the reaction rate is slow (rate of dimer formation:

0.02 mass% day-1 at 25 �C [16]). At high temperature

under adiabatic conditions caused by cooling and stirring

failures, however, accelerated MAR gradually increases

acrylic acid temperature. At temperatures above the inac-

tivation temperature of the inhibitor, polymerization is

initiated. Previous studies [10–15] have focused on the

radical inhibitor and induction period of acrylic acid

polymerization. However, it is important to investigate

MAR, which occurs exothermically in the presence or

& Atsumi Miyake

[email protected]

1 Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences,

Yokohama National University, 79-7 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-

ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan

2 PHA Consulting Co. Ltd, 3462-1, Nakatsu, Aikawa-machi,

Aiko-gun, Kanagawa 240-0303, Japan

3 Institute of Advanced Sciences, Yokohama National

University, 79-7 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku,

Yokohama 240-8501, Japan

123

J Therm Anal Calorim (2017) 128:1227–1233

DOI 10.1007/s10973-016-5985-6

absence of a radical inhibitor. Levy et al. [2] reported that

MAR becomes a factor in temperature rise. In the incident

referenced [2], it is considered that MAR accounted for

55.5% of the distribution of heat input to initiate poly-

merization and that steam accounted for the rest. CCPS

guidelines [1] caution against melting acrylic acid with

direct steam impingement or electrical resistance heating

elements since it is easy to overheat acrylic acid. The

guidelines also caution that the temperature of tempered

water for preventing the freezing of acrylic acid should not

exceed 45 �C to prevent runaway polymerization due to

MAR.

Unfortunately, in 2012, an acrylic acid tank explosion

occurred in Japan. According to the investigative report

[3], one of the causes was temperature rise induced by

MAR and it lead to runaway polymerization. Acrylic acid

heated by steam and its temperature was thought to be

above 90 �C. The fact that considerable amounts of radical

inhibitor existed in the acrylic acid tank decreased opera-

tors’ awareness and became a contributing factor in the

accident. Serious incidents such as these have occurred

about once per year.

Basic Acrylic Monomer Manufacturers (BAMM)

[16, 17] issued a dimer formation rate for the purpose of

quality control. The formation rates of higher oligomers,

e.g., trimers, tetramers and pentamers, are not well known.

The investigative report [3] and Levy et al. [2] stated that

production of trimers occurred in the explosion tanks. Once

proton dissociation from acrylic acid occurs, MAR can

produce unlimited numbers of oligomers [18]. The

oligomerization generates heat and increases the acrylic

acid temperature unchecked. The heat of oligomerization

has never been measured experimentally, and rate of heat

release above 100 �C is not understood well. It is important

to investigate the thermal characteristics and production of

MAR for understanding thermal hazards of runaway

polymerization induced by MAR.

The purpose of this study is to obtain a better under-

standing on MAR of acrylic acid. We measured the heat of

MAR and analyzed MAR kinetics. First, the heat of MAR

containing not only dimers but also oligomers formation

was measured. High-sensitivity calorimetry was used to

detect and analyze the MAR exotherm, which is extremely

small and slow. After the calorimetry, the molecular weight

distribution of the heated samples was obtained by gel

permeation chromatography (GPC) in order to clarify

products of MAR. In addition, we estimated the appearance

rate constant of MAR using isothermal tests and kinetic

analysis.

Experimental

Materials

Acrylic acid and p-methoxyphenol (hydroquinone mono-

methyl ether, MQ) obtained from Kanto chemical were

used. Acrylic acid (99.6%) and MQ as a radical inhibitor

were mixed in a mass% ratio of 99.98/0.02 [1]. In this

study, polymerization at low temperature must be inhibited

by MQ in order to analyze the thermal behavior of MAR

alone. We prepared samples containing several MQ ratios

up to 2 mass%, which is much higher than industrially

suitable ratios.

Heat of Michael addition reaction

The heat of MAR was measured with high-sensitivity

calorimetry. A Setaram C80 (Fig. 2) equipped with a heat

flux calorimeter of the Calvet type is distinguished by its

Dissociation

Michael addition reaction

Dimer

OH

O

OH

O

O–

OH

+

O–

O

O

O

CH–

OH

O

H+ O

O

OH

O

+

+

Fig. 1 Formation scheme of acrylic acid dimer by Michael addition

reaction

Fig. 2 Setaram C80

1228 M. Fujita et al.

123

accurate and reproducible calorimetric measurements. The

sensitivity is 5–10 lW. It is adapted to an isothermal

calorimeter as well as a mixing calorimeter and tempera-

ture scanning calorimeter. In this study, the samples were

placed in the high-pressure stainless steel vessel with an

inner glass vessel. They were heated to 30 �C, held for 2 h

to stabilize heat flow, and then heated to 140 �C at rates of

0.01, 0.1 and 1 K min-1. The reason, why the maximum

temperature of this test is 140 �C, is to avoid the radical

polymerization initiation. The C80 was calibrated for

temperature and heat flow using melting of high-purity

indium (99.99%).

After the calorimetry, we determined the molecular

weight distribution (MWD) of the samples in order to

identify products of MAR. The MWD was estimated based

on qualitative analysis using GPC. GPC was performed on a

Shimadzu HPLC prominence with a Shodex GPC KF-802

column (particle size: 6 lL and molecular weight range of

polystyrene: 0–5 9 103 g mol-1). Tetrahydrofuran (THF,

99.9%, stabilizer free) at a flow rate of 1.0 mL min-1 was

the eluent. Sample solutions of 1 mass% concentration were

prepared in THF, and 50 lL injected in each case. A UV

detector (254 nm) was employed. As a standard sample, we

used 2-carboxyethyl acrylate oligomers, which is a mixture

of monomers, dimers, trimers and tetramers obtained from

Sigma-Aldrich. Quantitative analysis was conducted on

samples with differing acrylic acid monomer concentrations.

Based on a previous study [18], in order to obtain a quan-

titative calibration curve, acrylic acid monomers were

weighed and dissolved into THF. We prepared 1.0, 0.7 and

0.4 mass% acrylic acid/THF mixture samples. A quantita-

tive calibration curve could be charted by the peak area data

at different concentrations. Samples were dissolved at

1 mass% to THF.

Reaction kinetics of Michael addition reaction

Generally, the thermal kinetic parameters (e.g., activation

energy and reaction order) can be obtained from thermal

analysis, which is conducted under non-isothermal condi-

tions [19] or adiabatic conditions [20]. However, the

thermal behavior of MAR is thought to be too slow and

mild to detect. To identify the overall reaction order and

reaction rate of MAR, MAR kinetics were analyzed with

isothermal tests. The MQ concentration of samples was

2 mass%. In these tests, 50 mL samples were placed into a

glass vessel that was inserted in an aluminum block bath.

The isothermal tests were performed at 120, 125, 130 and

135 �C under a stirring condition of 250 rpm. The GPC

analysis method was identical to the estimation of MWD to

identify acrylic acid monomer concentrations of samples

successively in the isothermal test.

Results and discussion

Heat of Michael addition reaction

Figure 3 shows C80 profiles obtained with heating rates of

0.01, 0.1 and 1 K min-1. From the result for

0.01 K min-1, a micro-exotherm was detected at the start

of the calorimetry, and its heat flow peaked at approxi-

mately 120 �C. The result for 0.1 K min-1 shows that the

exotherm was detected at 80 �C, and the test ended before

heat flow peaked. For the 1 K min-1 test, the temperature

reached 60 �C before the heat flow became stable, and an

exotherm was detected at 120 �C. In all of the tests, the

heat flow did not return to its baseline level during the

calorimetry. Therefore, it was considered that the

exothermic reaction did not end at the completion of the

calorimetry run. To obtain the heat of reaction, we should

calculate the heat of reaction through the integration of the

C80 curve and conversion of the sample. Table 1 shows the

result of heat of MAR with integrated heat flow between 70

and 140 �C in Fig. 3, the C80 profile at 0.01 K min-1. The

experimental heat value of MAR (DH) was 109 J g-1. This

value was part of the whole amount of MAR heat gener-

ation. We calculated the whole amount of heat generation

as following equation.

DH ¼ 109 J g�1 � 100

82¼ 133 J g�1 ð1Þ

Thermal behaviors were different for every heating rate,

indicating that the products in these tests were also dif-

ferent. Figure 4 shows GPC chromatograms of samples

after the C80 tests. Conversion of monomer to Michael

adducts in the C80 test at 0.01 K min-1 was 82.0 mass%,

which was estimated based on the peak area at 19 min

shown in Fig. 4. This result means 82 mass% of acrylic

acid was converted to dimers and oligomers and generated

the heat value of 109 J g-1. DH from 100 mass% can be

calculated to be 133 J g-1 based on the C80 and GPC

results. This value was in good agreement with the litera-

ture heat value of dimer formation (130–150 J g-1 [2]) and

oligomer formation (\140 J g-1 [2]). GPC chromatograms

of samples after the calorimetry as shown in Fig. 4 indicate

production of dimers, trimers and tetramers. Therefore, this

heat value involved step oligomerization that forms these

oligomers.

We succeeded in observing the exotherm of MAR,

which is extremely small and slow, using C80. In the C80

tests, MAR did not end at the completion of the calorimetry

run because its reaction rate was slow. MAR that may

induce runaway polymerization is thought to be step

oligomerization. It is necessary to analyze MAR kinetics

inclusively as the formation reaction of several oligomers.

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Reaction kinetics of Michael addition reaction

The rate of MAR rMAR can be represented by Eq. (2):

rMAR ¼ � d AA½ �dt

¼ k AA½ �n ð2Þ

where k is the rate constant [Ln-1 mol1-n s-1], [AA] is the

monomer concentration [mol L-1], n is the order of MAR

[–] and t is time [s].

Equation (2) is integrated as

ln½AA�½AA�0

¼ �kt ðn ¼ 1Þ ð3Þ

1

n� 1

1

AA½ �n�1� 1

AA½ �n�10

( )¼ kt ðn 6¼ 1Þ ð4Þ

where [AA]0 is the initial concentration of acrylic acid

[mol L-1].

We fitted the reaction order to the experimental results

through a plot of ln[AA]/[AA]0 versus t or 1/(n - 1){1/

[AA]n-1 - 1/[AA]0n-1} versus t on the assumption that n

takes on various values. The slope of the plot equals the

rate constant of MAR at the test temperature. We can also

Hea

t flo

w/m

Wg–

1

Temperature/°C Temperature/°C Temperature/°C

0.2 mW g–1 1.0 mW g–1

Hea

t flo

w/m

Wg–

1

Hea

t flo

w/m

Wg–

1

40 60 80 100 120 140 40 60 80 100 120 140 40 60 80 100 120 140

5.0 mW g–1

0.01 K min–1 0.1 K min–1 1 K min–1

Exo.

Exo.

Exo.

Fig. 3 C80 profile of acrylic acid containing 2 mass% MQ

Table 1 Heat of Michael addition reaction of acrylic acid in C80

This study

Experimental value

This study

Calculation value

Levy et al. [2]

Dimer formation

Levy et al. [2]

Oligomer formation

Conversion/mass% 82 100 100 100

DH/J g-1 109 133 130–150 \140

5 10 15 20 25 30Retention time/min

Inte

nsity

/–

1 K min–1

0.1 K min–1

0.01 K min–1

tetramertrimer dimer monomer

Fig. 4 GPC chromatograms of samples after C80 tests

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1

0 500 1000 1500 2000

120 °C125 °C130 °C135 °C

Mon

omer

con

cent

ratio

n/–

Time/min

Fig. 5 Conversion of acrylic acid in isothermal test

1230 M. Fujita et al.

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represent the rate constant based on the Arrhenius equation,

as in Eq. (5):

k ¼ A� exp � Ea

RT

� �ð5Þ

where A is the frequency factor [Ln-1 mol1-n s-1], Ea is

the overall activation energy [kJ mol-1], R is the gas

constant [kJ mol-1 K-1] and T is the temperature [K].

The natural log of Eq. (5) can then be taken:

ln k ¼ � Ea

RTþ lnA ð6Þ

The activation energy of MAR was determined based on

the Arrhenius plot, which is ln k versus 1/T. The Arrhenius

plot whose correlation coefficient was closest to 1 showed

a MAR kinetics parameter that was the closest to the true

value. The parameters obtained by this method are reaction

order n, reaction rate constant k, activation energy Ea and

frequency factor A.

Figure 5 shows the monomer concentration change at

120, 125, 130 and 135 �C. The monomer concentration

was detected with GPC absolute calibration method.

Table 2 shows correlation coefficients R2 of the Arrhenius

plot, which are plotted as n = 0, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3 and 4.

From Table 2, the plot of n equal to 2.5 had the highest

linearity, thus the reaction order of MAR is 2.5th. Table 3

shows the comparison of our experimental values and

previous studies on the reaction order of MAR [2, 16, 17].

Figure 6 shows GPC chromatograms of samples heated to

Table 2 Supposed reaction order and correlation coefficients of Arrhenius plots

n/– 0 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 4

ln k/Ln-1 mol1-n s-1

120 �C -7.939 -7.461 -7.203 -6.932 -6.649 -6.355 -6.050

125 �C -7.444 -6.966 -6.703 -6.423 -6.128 -5.817 -5.492

130 �C -7.066 -6.595 -6.337 -6.065 -5.779 -5.479 -5.167

135 �C -6.897 -6.399 -6.128 -5.843 -5.544 -5.233 -4.910

R2/– 0.962 0.970 0.972 0.973 0.974 0.973 0.967

Table 3 Comparison of reaction order and activation energy of MAR in this study and previous studies

This study

Oligomers formation

Levy et al. [2]

Dimer formation

ICSHAM [16]

Dimer formation

ICSHAM [17]

Dimer formation

Reaction order n/– 2.5 1.0 0 1.5

5 10 15 20 25 30Retention time/min

Inte

nsity

/–

0 min

77 min

195 min

435 min

1172 min

Tetramer Trimer Dimer Monomer

Fig. 6 GPC chromatograms of samples heated up to 135 �C

R² = 0.974

Temperature/°C

Lnk

/L1.

4m

ol–1

.4 s–1

110120130140

Fig. 7 Arrhenius plot of Michael addition reaction

Thermal and kinetic analyses on Michael addition reaction of acrylic acid 1231

123

135 �C for several minutes in an isothermal test. The

reaction order in this study is the highest value shown in

Table 3. The reaction order is related to the number of

reactant species. Previous studies [2, 16, 17] discussed

reaction order only of dimer formation for monomer

quality control. In this study, based on the GPC result of a

sample that was analyzed at 135 �C after 1172 min,

shown in Fig. 6, we took into account oligomer forma-

tion. The GPC chromatogram of this sample was almost

the same as in Fig. 4, which indicated substantial amounts

of dimers, trimers and tetramers. The reactive species

were thought to be these oligomers. We concluded that

the apparent reaction order for the MAR of the oligomers

was 2.5.

Apparent activation energy Ea and frequency factor A

were identified based on Arrhenius plot shown in Fig. 7.

The rate constant of MAR was estimated according to

Eq. (7).

k=L1:5 mol�1:5 s�1 ¼ 3:52� 103 � exp � 1:18� 105

T K½ �

� �ð7Þ

Figure 8 shows a comparison of the monomer concentra-

tion change in the experimental and calculated results. The

calculation results based on the rate constant in Eq. (7)

show better agreement with the experimental results. Fig-

ure 9 shows a comparison of previous experimental results

at 100 and 120 �C [3], and calculation results based on

kinetic factors that were proposed in this study and previ-

ous studies [2, 16, 17]. The calculation results of this study

give the best agreement with the experimental results at

120 �C [3]. Thus, we concluded that Eq. (7) is the correct

rate constant of MAR around 120 �C.Table 4 shows that the activation energy of

oligomerization in this study is similar in value to that in

previous studies [2, 16, 17]. This indicates that dimer-

ization has the highest activation energy in oligomer-

ization. In terms of the activation energy of MAR, dimer

formation is the dominant reaction. Therefore, once a

dimer is produced, other oligomers are thought to be

produced spontaneously.

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1

0 500 1000 1500 2000

Mon

omer

con

cent

ratio

n/–

Time/min

calculatedmeasured

Fig. 8 Monomer concentration change in the experimental and

calculated results

0.7

0.8

0.9

1Experiment [3]This studyBAMM1 [16]BAMM2 [17]Levy et al. [2]

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

0 500 1000 1500 2000 0 500 1000 1500

Experiment [3]This studyBAMM1 [16]BAMM2 [17]Levy et al. [2]

Mon

omer

con

cent

ratio

n/–

Mon

omer

con

cent

ratio

n/–

(a) 100 °C (b) 120 °C

Time/min Time/min

Fig. 9 Comparison of

monomer concentration change

induced by MAR in previous

studies and experimental results

and calculation results at

a 100 �C and b 120 �C

Table 4 Activation energies in this study and previous studies [2, 16, 17]

This study

Oligomers formation

Levy et al. [2]

Dimer formation

BAMM [16]

Dimer formation

BAMM [17]

Dimer formation

Activation energy Ea/kJ mol-1 98.0 98.2 89.9 91.7

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Conclusions

Thermal and kinetic analyses on acrylic acid were per-

formed in order to gain a better understanding of the

Michael addition reaction (MAR), which may induce

runaway polymerization of acrylic acid. High-sensitivity

calorimetry using C80 revealed that the heat of MAR was

109 J g-1. GPC analysis showed that products of MAR

were dimers, trimers and tetramers, and revealed that

conversion of the monomer to these Michael adducts was

82 mass%. Thus, the heat value was composed of the heat

of formation of these oligomers, and the value for 100

mass% conversion can be calculated as 133 J g-1. In C80

calorimetry heated to 140 �C, the heat release rate of MAR

was extremely small.

Kinetic analysis on MAR showed that order of MAR was

2.5. The overall reaction rate constant was k = 3.52 9

103 9 exp (-1.18 9 105/T [K]) L1.5 mol-1.5 s-1. Calcula-

tions basedon this rate constant coincidedwellwith a previous

experimental result [3]. The activation energy of MAR was

98.0 kJ mol-1, which was similar to that of dimerization in

previous studies [2, 16, 17]. This indicated that dimer for-

mation is the dominant reaction in MAR.

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