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An Electron Microscope Study of Graphite Oxidation

Nature volume 188, pages 44–45 (1960)Cite this article

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LATTICE or surface imperfections may play an important part as active sites in the oxidation of graphite, and an attempt at observing these and how they behave on oxidation has been made by electron microscopy.

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  1. Bassett, G. A., et. al., Proc. Roy. Soc., A, 246, 345 (1958).

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  1. Nuclear Research Centre, C. A. Parsons and Co., Ltd., Newcastle on Tyne

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HEDLEY, J. An Electron Microscope Study of Graphite Oxidation. Nature 188, 44–45 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/188044b0

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