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The Copper-catalyzed Oxidation of Graphite by D.W. McKee is a Materials Science article available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Copper-catalyzed Oxidation of Graphite about?
The role of copper as a catalyst in the oxidation of graphite has been studied by optical microscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. The presence of small amounts of copper salts was found to have a very marked effect on the rate of oxidation and ignition temperature of polycrystalline graphite in dry oxygen. Water vapor retarded the oxidation rate of both the catalyzed and uncatalyzed reactions, but had little effect on the ignition temperatures. During catalytic oxidation at 700-8OO"C, copper oxide particles in the I-5/1. size range moved rapidly on the basal plane of natural graphite crystals, cutting irregular channels in the surface. The thermogravimetric results suggest that the catalytic effect involves the localized reduction of cupric oxide by graphite and subseouent re-oxidation of the resultinrr metal. Alloying of the copper with zinc, aluminurn or'tin inhibited the catalytic effect.
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- Author
- D.W. McKee
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier Ltd.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0008-6223)
- Published
- 1970
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Materials Science (Physical Sciences)