<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Kinetics and thermodynamic parameters of ionic liquid pretreated rubber wood biomass"^^ . "The impact of ionic liquids (ILs) namely 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (BMimCl) and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate (BMIMOAc) on rubber wood pyrolysis kinetic and thermodynamic parameters were investigated using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The ILs treated and untreated samples were characterized with FT-IR and elemental (CHNS) analyses. The activation energy for untreated and ILs treated rubber wood (RW) were determined using the Flynn-Wall-Ozawa (FWO), Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose (KAS) and Starink methods. The average activation energy calculated using FWO, KAS and Starink methods for untreated rubber wood was 120.15 kJ/mol, 117.10 kJ/mol and 117.60 kJ/mol, BMIMCl treated rubber wood was 87.32 kJ/mol, 77.73 kJ/mol, and 81.16 kJ/mol, while BMIMOAc treated rubber wood was 85.64 kJ/mol, 76.63 kJ/mol, and 80.47 kJ/mol, respectively. Starink method was further used to determine the pre-exponential factor and thermodynamic parameters of untreated and ILs treated samples. The thermo kinetics and thermodynamic parameters indicate that ILs pre-treatment decreases the thermal stability of the rubber wood. From FTIR analysis, it was observed that ILs pre-treatment affected the chemical composition of rubber wood. Elemental analysis showed that ILs treated RW has a higher content of Hydrogen/Carbon ratio because of the separation of lignin and hemicellulose during pre-treatment. It was concluded that ILs pre-treatment provided a potential way to improve the thermal conversion efficiency of rubber wood. © 2016 Elsevier B.V."^^ . "2016" . . "223" . . "Elsevier B.V."^^ . . . "Journal of Molecular Liquids"^^ . . . "01677322" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "P."^^ . "Ahmad"^^ . "P. Ahmad"^^ . . "Z."^^ . "Ullah"^^ . "Z. Ullah"^^ . . "A."^^ . "Nasrullah"^^ . "A. Nasrullah"^^ . . "Z."^^ . "Man"^^ . "Z. Man"^^ . . "N."^^ . "Muhammad"^^ . "N. Muhammad"^^ . . "G."^^ . "Gonfa"^^ . "G. Gonfa"^^ . . "M.I."^^ . "Khan"^^ . "M.I. Khan"^^ . . "C.F."^^ . "Kait"^^ . "C.F. Kait"^^ . . "M.A."^^ . "Bustam"^^ . "M.A. Bustam"^^ . . "A.S."^^ . "Khan"^^ . "A.S. Khan"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #6707 \n\nKinetics and thermodynamic parameters of ionic liquid pretreated rubber wood biomass\n\n" . "text/html" . .