Problems in the electrovalency of graphite

✍ Scribed by A.R. Ubbelohde

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1964
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 383 KB
• Volume: 2
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-6223
• DOI: 10.1016/0008-6223(64)90025-9

✦ Synopsis

The use of well-orientated graphite is discussed for the controlled formation of derivatives. Both electrochemical and related processes of intercalation can now be followed with precision and in considerable detail. As one outcome, obstructions preventing the swelling of graphite, which accompanies compound formation, can be evaluated quantitatively.

Electrochemical, thermodynamic and mechanical methods of estimating intercalations, swelling pressures and thresholds have been investigated for well-orientated graphites. The relevance of these findings is discussed in relation to various theoretical problems, and to practical applications such as those involving the durability of graphite electrodes.

CONTROLLED FORMATION OF INTERCALATION COMPOUNDS