The surface oxygen complexes on activated carbons were investigated by using thermal desorption mass spectrometry and thermal gravimetry.
Pittsburgh activated carbon (Calgon Co.) was used as an original sample.The sample was outgassed at 1000°C for 2 hours and then oxidized with 160 torr of O
2 over the temperature range from 0° to 300°C for 1 hour.An original sample was also reduced with 400 torr of H
2 at 1000°C after outgassing at the same temperature.
Thermal desorption was carried out on these samples up to 1000°C at a heating rate of 4°C/min.in vacuum.
The nature of the surface oxygen on these activated carbons was discussed on the basis of the mass spectrometric analysis of the desorbed gases and the thermal gravimetric analysis of the samples.
It became clear that most of the surface oxygen complexes on the original sample consisted of hydroxylic groups and.those on the oxidized samples consisted mainly of anhydrous oxide groups.
The desorbed amount of oxygen of the oxidized sample increased with elevating the oxidation temperature.On the other hand, that of the reduced sample decreased to about 1/7 to 1/8 of that of the original sample.
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