Table 5. Initial Combustion Temperature (Ti), Peak Burnout Temperature (Tp), Final Burnout Temperature (Tb), and Final Mass (Mf) from Micro- and Macro-TGA Tests.
| sample | size (mm) | micro-TGA |
macro-TGA |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ti (°C) | Tp (°C) | Tb (°C) | Mf (%) | Ti (°C) | Tp (°C) | Tb (°C) | Mf (%) | ||
| Antioquia | <6 | 258 | 402 | 509 | 11.7 | 335 | 469 | 638 | 63.4 |
| 6–19 | 265 | 432 | 538 | 7.6 | 362 | 466 | 702 | 21.1 | |
| >19 | 259 | 449 | 523 | 4.2 | 362 | 506 | 743 | 20.4 | |
| Cundinamarca | <6 | 287 | 486 | 590 | 16.5 | 417 | 533 | 709 | 40.2 |
| 6–19 | 294 | 494 | 595 | 14.3 | 377 | 447 | 601 | 71.9 | |
| >19 | 285 | 489 | 593 | 10.0 | 342 | 527 | 718 | 79.4 | |
| Patia | <6 | 272 | 463 | 538 | 25.4 | 271 | 445 | 597 | 63.0 |
| 6–19 | 273 | 458 | 545 | 20.0 | 371 | 446 | 613 | 47.2 | |
| >19 | 267 | 441 | 542 | 5.7 | 405 | 472 | 616 | 52.8 | |
| Valle | <6 | 301 | 505 | 597 | 28.8 | 454 | 508 | 691 | 56.9 |
| 6–19 | 305 | 505 | 601 | 33.2 | 396 | 518 | 729 | 61.9 | |
| >19 | 308 | 509 | 607 | 37.0 | 382 | 470 | 741 | 53.8 | |