Katarzyna Cieslak

Dr. Katarzyna Cieslak

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Academic Career Length

57Years (1970-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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20 January 2020 in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
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KCKatarzyna Cieslak
Katarzyna Cieslak
KGKatarzyna Gańczyk-Specjalska
Katarzyna Gańczyk-Specjalska
KDKatarzyna Drożdżewska-Szymańska
Katarzyna Drożdżewska-Szymańska
MUMichał Uszyński
Michał Uszyński
The granules containing nitrogen of various content (12.2–13.3%) and stabilizers (centralite I, centralite II, akardite II, triphenylamine) were obtained in laboratory scale, and the study of their physicochemical and thermal properties was conducted. It has been observed that the helium density of granules depends on the degree of gelling of nitrocellulose by the stabilizer as well as the lack of effect of the stabilizer type on the heat of combustion value. In turn, the heat of combustion depends on the content of nitrogen in nitrocellulose. Granules of 13.3% N nitrocellulose were characterized by a more rapidly developing thermal decomposition than the granules containing 12.2 and 12.9% N nitrocellulose. The maximum temperature of decomposition shifts toward higher temperatures (from 207.6 to 209.8 °C) with decreasing nitrogen content in nitrocellulose for granules containing triphenylamine as a stabilizer. All values of heat generation rate obtained for granules with triphenylamine were lower than the respective rates for granules with centralite I. Thermal properties and chemical stability of granules containing triphenylamine have better properties, when compared to other examined stabilizers. On the basis of differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetry, kinetic parameters were calculated by means of Ozawa–Flynn–Wall analysis. The effect of stabilizers and nitrogen content on kinetic parameters was determined. The kinetic model of thermal decomposition of granules was adjusted—the best fit was nth-order reaction with autocatalysis. The activation energy of thermal decomposition process according to the adopted chemical reaction model increases from 190 to 239 kJ mol−1 with increasing nitrogen content in the granulate.

1 January 2015 in Polymer Degradation and Stability
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WTWaldemar Tomaszewski
Waldemar Tomaszewski
KCKatarzyna Cieslak
Katarzyna Cieslak
AZAngelika Zygmunt
Angelika Zygmunt

13 April 2023 in Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics
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KGKatarzyna Gańczyk-Specjalska
Katarzyna Gańczyk-Specjalska
KCKatarzyna Cieslak
Katarzyna Cieslak
MJMarcin Jakubczak
Marcin Jakubczak
KDKatarzyna Drożdżewska‐Szymańska
Katarzyna Drożdżewska‐Szymańska
WTWaldemar Tomaszewski
Waldemar Tomaszewski
PPPiotr Prasuła
Piotr Prasuła

1 December 2017 in Forensic Science International
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WPWojciech Pawłowski
Wojciech Pawłowski
ŁMŁukasz Matyjasek
Łukasz Matyjasek
KCKatarzyna Cieslak
Katarzyna Cieslak
MKMonika Karpińska
Monika Karpińska

24 September 2012 in Journal of Elementology
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KGKatarzyna Gańczyk-Specjalska
Katarzyna Gańczyk-Specjalska
AZAngelika Zygmunt
Angelika Zygmunt
KCKatarzyna Cieslak
Katarzyna Cieslak
TGTomasz Golofit
Tomasz Golofit
AKAnna Kasztankiewicz
Anna Kasztankiewicz

30 October 2018 in Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics
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PMPaweł Maksimowski
Paweł Maksimowski
AGAgnieszka Grzegorczyk
Agnieszka Grzegorczyk
KCKatarzyna Cieslak
Katarzyna Cieslak
TGTomasz Golofit
Tomasz Golofit
MCMichał Chmielarek
Michał Chmielarek
WPWojciech Pawłowski
Wojciech Pawłowski