AAAR 37th Annual Conference October 14 - October 18, 2019 Oregon Convention Center Portland, Oregon, USA
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Characteristics of Graphene Produced via Detonation Synthesis
JUSTIN WRIGHT, Shusil Sigdel, Stephen Corkill, Arjun Nepal, Stefan Bossmann, Christopher Sorensen, Kansas State University
Abstract Number: 319 Working Group: Nanoparticles and Materials Synthesis
Abstract This paper discusses the formation of graphene via detonation synthesis. We detonate acetylene and oxygen inside a 17L chamber to form our material. By varying the ratio of oxygen to acetylene, we make graphene with different morphologies and properties. Here we explore that parameter space. We make in situ measurements of pressure and spectra using a piezocrystal and spectrometer. From these we may infer temperature and laminar flame time. We then collect the graphene from the chamber and obtain mass, density, and gaseous byproduct. From those samples we may then apply additional measurement tools such as BET, XRD, Raman, gas analysis, etc.