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[*] posted on 18-4-2012 at 07:02
Sand and Graphite Oxide


Hi

Sand which is covered by Graphite Oxide can absorbs contaminant, even mercury

so what is it call ? (its name)
or can everyone give me some keywords about it for searching information ?

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[*] posted on 18-4-2012 at 09:31


Don't you mean Graphene oxide?



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[*] posted on 18-4-2012 at 17:01


No, graphite oxide exists. See Brauer. It is prepared by reacting graphite with potassium chlorate and sulfuric acid.

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Graphite Oxide: Prepared by oxidation of graphite with KClO3 in a mixture of concentrated sulfuric and nitric acids. Graphite (10 g.), as ash-free and uniform as possible, is suspended in a mixture of 175 ml. of concentrated H2SO4 and 90 ml. of 68% HNO3. A total of 110 g. of KClO3 is added in small portions over a period of several days to the cooled flask. The product is repeatedly stirred with 6 to 10 liters of distilled water, then settled and decanted until the wash water is neutral to litmus. As washing progresses the blue-green particles become brown and swell increasingly as the salts are removed. At the end of the washing the settling is slow and incomplete. (Purification requires several weeks, and is shortened somewhat by use of a centrifuge.) The brown slurry is suction-filtered as much as possible, spread out to dry in air, ground and dried to constant weight in vacuum at 50°C over P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>. A light, almost white graphite oxide is obtained by washing in the dark with 5% HCl, containing ClO<sub>2</sub>. This product contains only about 0.5% ash, but after vacuum-drying still shows a very small amount of chlorine.


I wonder how you could coat this onto sand...
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[*] posted on 18-4-2012 at 18:33


So I'm searching some information to coat it

but i don't know to call it is
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