The intercalation of graphite by boron trichloride

✍ Scribed by A.G Freeman; J.H Johnston

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1971
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 427 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-6223
• DOI: 10.1016/0008-6223(71)90089-3

✦ Synopsis

The intercalation of graphite by boron trichloride has been studied at 17 and 63°C using a two-limb tube technique. The 17°C isothermal uptake curve shows only one composition which is stable over an appreciable range of BC1s partial pressure values. This composition is C8sBC13. The 63°C isotherm shows two such compositions, &,BCl, and C&BC&. A kinetic study of the early intercalation process between 20 and 30°C gives an apparent energy of activation of 27 ~'10~ J mole-'. _