Differentiation and quantification of surface acidities on MWCNTs by indirect potentiometric titration

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2978-2988

  Hanelt, Sven ^a   Orts Gil, Guillermo ^a   Friedrich, Jörg F ^a   Meyer Plath, Asmus ^a  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; ACIDIC GROUPS; ACIDIC SUBSTANCES; BOEHM TITRATION; COVALENTLY BOUND; HIGH SURFACE AREA; INFORMATION CONTENTS; MULTI-WALLED; NAOH TREATMENT; POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATIONS; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; SURFACE ACIDITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DESORPTION; FILTRATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; POTENTIOMETERS (ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS); SODIUM; SURFACES;

TITRATION;

EID: 79955554397     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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