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Purity evaluation and influence of carbon nanotube on carbon nanotube/graphite thermal stability

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High resolution thermogravimetry has been used to evaluate the carbonaceous content in a commercial sample of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT). The content of SWNTs in the sample was found to be at least 77 mass% which was supported by images obtained with scanning and transmission electron microscopies (SEM and TEM). Furthermore, the influence of SWNT addition on the thermal stability of graphite in mixtures of SWNT/graphite at different proportions was investigated. The graphite stability decreased with the increased of SWNT content in the overall range of composition. This behavior could be due to the close contact between these carbonaceous species as determined by SEM analysis.

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The authors acknowledge funding from Fapemig, CNPq and Petrobras. We thank the Microscopy Center-Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais for SEM images.

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  1. Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Pampulha, C.P. 702, Belo Horizonte, 31270-901, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Aline M. F. Lima & Glaura G. Silva

  2. Inorganic Materials Research Program, School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia

    Anthony W. Musumeci, Hong-Wei Liu & Eric R. Waclawik

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Lima, A.M.F., Musumeci, A.W., Liu, HW. et al. Purity evaluation and influence of carbon nanotube on carbon nanotube/graphite thermal stability. J Therm Anal Calorim 97, 257–263 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-009-0245-7

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