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    Pulsed thermal treatment of carbon up to 3000 °C using an atomic absorption spectrometer

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    Authors
    Putman, Kate
    Sofianos, M.
    Rowles, Matthew
    Harris, P.
    Buckley, C.
    Marks, Nigel
    Suarez-Martinez, Irene
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Putman, K. and Sofianos, M. and Rowles, M. and Harris, P. and Buckley, C. and Marks, N. and Suarez-Martinez, I. 2018. Pulsed thermal treatment of carbon up to 3000 °C using an atomic absorption spectrometer. Carbon. 135: pp. 157-163.
    Source Title
    Carbon
    DOI
    10.1016/j.carbon.2018.03.060
    ISSN
    0008-6223
    School
    School of Electrical Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Science (EECMS)
    Funding and Sponsorship
    http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103487
    http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT140100191
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66557
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    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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