Raman, FT-IR spectroscopy and morphology of carbon dust from carbon arc in liquid benzene

García-Hernández, D. A.; Manchado, A.; Gemmi, Mauro; Mugnaioli, Enrico; Fabbri, Filippo; Pascale, Sara; Cataldo, Franco
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Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures, vol. 26, issue 10, pp. 654-660

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2018
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7
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2
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3
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The carbon arc in liquid benzene produces carbon dust in addition to phenylacetyene and a number of other molecular products. The carbon dust was analyzed by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), electron diffraction and Raman spectroscopy, revealing that it consists of a highly structured carbon black with high surface area. The carbon dust from benzene arc was also analyzed with FT-IR spectroscopy suggesting stricking spectral analogy with a mature coal infrared spectrum. During benzene arcing, phenylacetyene undergoes a free radicals induced polymerization to a low molecular weight poly(phenylacetylene).
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