| Abstract: | Influence of Lattice Defects of Graphite on the Formation of Graphite Hydrogensulfate Various natural and synthetic graphites were oxidized with chromic acid in sulfuric acid to the 1st stage of graphite hydrogensulfate with the intent of determining the inhibition of intercalation by lattice defects. More oxidant than required by stoichiometry is consumed because slow total oxidation to CO2 is superimposed even at room temperature. The activation energy for total oxidation is reduced by lattice defects. With some graphites, separation of the intercalation reaction from total oxidation was accomplished using calorimetry. The reaction enthalpy in the oxidation of well-crystallized graphites to the graphite salt is ?3.05 kJ/mol C. |
