“…The approximations for p(x) most commonly used in the determination of the activation energy are those proposed by Coats and Redfern, 3,4 Doyle, [5][6][7] Horowitz and Metzger, 8 MacCallum and Tanner, 9,10 Gyulai and Greenhow, 11,12 and Van Krevelen. 13 All these approximations have been obtained either by simplifications of the series expressions or in an empirical way.…”