Pulsed thermal treatment of carbon up to 3000 °C using an atomic absorption spectrometer
An atomic absorption spectrometer unit fitted with a graphite furnace module is used to perform high temperature treatment on three carbonized polymers: polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) and polyacrylonitrile (PAN). Using short pulses up to 45 s, we heat small samples to a max...
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| author | Putman, Kate Sofianos, M. Rowles, Matthew Harris, P. Buckley, C. Marks, Nigel Suarez-Martinez, Irene |
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| description | An atomic absorption spectrometer unit fitted with a graphite furnace module is used to perform high temperature treatment on three carbonized polymers: polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) and polyacrylonitrile (PAN). Using short pulses up to 45 s, we heat small samples to a maximum of 3000 °C. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffractometry are used to track the growth of crystallites in the materials as a function of the heating temperature. We observe the well-known behaviour of large crystalline graphite growth in PVC-derived samples and the formation of curved graphitic layers in PVDC- and PAN-derived samples. This graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometer approach is an attractive alternative to conventional laboratory-scale graphite furnaces in research of high temperature treatment of carbon and other refractory materials. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-665572022-09-06T02:30:34Z Pulsed thermal treatment of carbon up to 3000 °C using an atomic absorption spectrometer Putman, Kate Sofianos, M. Rowles, Matthew Harris, P. Buckley, C. Marks, Nigel Suarez-Martinez, Irene An atomic absorption spectrometer unit fitted with a graphite furnace module is used to perform high temperature treatment on three carbonized polymers: polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) and polyacrylonitrile (PAN). Using short pulses up to 45 s, we heat small samples to a maximum of 3000 °C. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffractometry are used to track the growth of crystallites in the materials as a function of the heating temperature. We observe the well-known behaviour of large crystalline graphite growth in PVC-derived samples and the formation of curved graphitic layers in PVDC- and PAN-derived samples. This graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometer approach is an attractive alternative to conventional laboratory-scale graphite furnaces in research of high temperature treatment of carbon and other refractory materials. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66557 10.1016/j.carbon.2018.03.060 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103487 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT140100191 Pergamon fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Putman, Kate Sofianos, M. Rowles, Matthew Harris, P. Buckley, C. Marks, Nigel Suarez-Martinez, Irene Pulsed thermal treatment of carbon up to 3000 °C using an atomic absorption spectrometer |
| title | Pulsed thermal treatment of carbon up to 3000 °C using an atomic absorption spectrometer |
| title_full | Pulsed thermal treatment of carbon up to 3000 °C using an atomic absorption spectrometer |
| title_fullStr | Pulsed thermal treatment of carbon up to 3000 °C using an atomic absorption spectrometer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pulsed thermal treatment of carbon up to 3000 °C using an atomic absorption spectrometer |
| title_short | Pulsed thermal treatment of carbon up to 3000 °C using an atomic absorption spectrometer |
| title_sort | pulsed thermal treatment of carbon up to 3000 °c using an atomic absorption spectrometer |
| url | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103487 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103487 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66557 |