SOME PROPERTIES OF CHAR AFFECTING THE SELF-HEATING REACTION IN BULK

This paper is the second in a series of three on the self-heating of char in bulk. It reports measurements of the diffusivity of oxygen in a bulk of char, the specific heat capacity of dry and moist char as a function of temperature, the diffusivity of heat; the equilibrium water content of char is examined and the rates of moisture sorption and desorption. The roles which these properties play in the self-heating reaction is discussed briefly. A full analytical treatment of their roles is reserved for Paper III3 of this series. © 1979.