Thermal decomposition and electron microscopy studies of single walled carbon nanotubes

Frost, Ray L. and Musumeci, Anthony W. and Silva, Glaura G. and Martens, Wayde N. and Waclawik, Eric R. (2007) Thermal decomposition and electron microscopy studies of single walled carbon nanotubes. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 88(3):885 -891.

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Abstract

Thermoanalytical and electron microscopic studies were used as characterisation tools for the determination of the composition of single walled carbon nanotube samples. A purification method proved to be effective, resulting in a three fold increase in the percentage of SWNTs present in the purified product as determined by thermogravimetric analysis. In this work we report the thermogravimetric analysis by conventional and high resolution methods of the raw SWNTs and purified SWNTs.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Status:	Published
Keywords:	single walled carbon nanotubes, purification, thermal analysis, high resolution thermogravimetry
Subjects:	250000 Chemical Sciences > 250100 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural) 250000 Chemical Sciences > 250200 Inorganic Chemistry > 250203 Solid State Chemistry
ID Code:	8610
Deposited By:	Frost, Ray
Deposited On:	16 July 2007
Alternative Locations:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10973-006-7563-9
Copyright Owner:	Copyright 2007 Springer
Copyright Statement:	The original publication is available at SpringerLink http://www.springerlink.com