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Zirconia has been incorporated into exfoliated graphite (EG) through the anodic polarization in the natural graphite-ZrO(NO3)2-HNO3-H2O system, followed by flash heating. The thermal properties of the oxidized graphites employed as precursors to EG have been studied by thermogravimetry in combination with differential scanning calorimetry, and the distribution of ZrO2 particles in the EG has been assessed by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Conditions are described for the preparation of EG with bulk densities in the range 1.3–4.7 g/l and ZrO2 contents in the range 4–34 wt %.
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Original Russian Text © I.M. Afanasov, G. Van Tendeloo, 2011, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2011, Vol. 47, No. 6, pp. 678–683.
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Afanasov, I.M., Van Tendeloo, G. Zirconia-modified exfoliated graphite. Inorg Mater 47, 603–608 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168511050013
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