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Some new aspects of graphite oxidation at 0°c in a liquid medium. A mechanism proposal for oxidation to graphite oxide

✍ Scribed by A.Martín Rodríguez; P.S.Valerga Jiménez


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1986
Tongue
English
Weight
504 KB
Volume
24
Category
Article
ISSN
0008-6223

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✦ Synopsis


Graphite has been oxidized with the Staudenmaier reagent at 0°C over various periods of time. After dehydration over P>O, the oxidation products have been characterized by chemical analysis, X-ray diffraction and IR absorption spectroscopy. Their thermal decomposition has been studied by thermogravimetry (TG) and differential thermal analysis IDTA). The oxidizing capacities against KI in H,SO, solutions have also been measured. The observations are explained by an oxidation mechanism in three stages leading to graphite oxide. Key WordsOxidation, graphite oxide, thermal analysis.