Friedman and Flynn-Wall-Ozava methods were used to study the nonisothermal decomposition kinetics of the Zn 4 CO 3 (OH) 6 /Al(OH) 3 system. It was shown that thermolysis processes occur in the kinetic mode and, after a degree of decomposition exceeding 0.9 is reached, pass under diffusion control. It was found that, upon co-grinding of the components, the apparent activation energy increases as compared with the values for the starting mixture.