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Amorphization of graphite induced by mechanical milling and subsequent crystallization of the amorphous carbon upon heat treating

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The effects of mechanical milling (MM) on the phase transformation of graphite carbon were investigated using high resolution electron microscopy (HREM), x-ray diffraction, and differential thermal analysis (DTA). Amorphization of graphite as a result of prolonged high-energy ball milling was directly observed with HREM. The exothermic peak in the DTA trace of the ∼200 h ball-milled sample indicated a crystallization onset temperature of about 670 °C and crystallization activation energy of 234 kJ/mole.

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  1. Departments of Physics and Geology and Geophysics, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70148, USA

    J. Tang, W. Zhao, L. Li, A. U. Falster & W. B. Simmons Jr.

  2. Japan Fine Ceramics Center, 2-4-1, Mutsuno, Nagoya, 456, Japan

    W. L. Zhou & Y. Ikuhara

  3. Department of Chemistry, Xavier University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70125, USA

    J. H. Zhang

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Tang, J., Zhao, W., Li, L. et al. Amorphization of graphite induced by mechanical milling and subsequent crystallization of the amorphous carbon upon heat treating. Journal of Materials Research 11, 733–738 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1996.0088

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