The thermal decomposition kinetics of dehydroabietic acid in static state air was investigated by TG/DTA/DSC techniques with various heating rates of 5,10,15 and 20 K·min-1.TG/DTA curves showed that decomposition proceeded through a well-defined step in air.The melting point,molar enthalpy and entropy of fusion of dehydroabietic acid were determined as 445.05 K,19.74 kJ·mol-1 and 44.35 J·mol-1·K-1,by differential scanning calorimetry(DSC).The non-isothermal kinetics parameters were analyzed by means of the Kissinger and Flynn-Wall-Ozawa methods,and the thermal decomposition mechanism of dehydroabietic acid was also studied with the Satava-Sestak method.The results showed that the thermal decomposition mechanism of dehydroabietic acid in air was controlled by interface reaction R3,and the apparent activation energy and pre-exponential factor were 107.89 kJ·mol-1 and 9.33×108 s-1,respectively.
