Impact of Natural Graphite Flakes in Mixed Fillers on the Irradiation Behavior of Fine-Grained Isotropic Graphite
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Abstract
Two forms of fine-grained isotropic graphite, derived from mixed fillers by the isostatic pressing method, NG (filler with 100% natural graphite flake) and 75N25C-G (mixed filler with 75 wt.% natural graphite flake and 25 wt.% calcined coke) were prepared and irradiated with 7 MeV Xe26+ to investigate its irradiation behaviors. Grazing incidence X-ray diffraction and Raman spectra show that the initial graphitization degree of 75N25C-G is lower than that of NG, but the crystallite sizes are larger due to calcined coke in the filler particles. After irradiation, the stacking height of crystallite sizes along c-axis directions (Lc) of NG increased, and Lc of 75N25C-G decreased. This can be attributed to irradiation-induced catalytic graphitization of calcined coke, and is also the reason that the dislocation density of 75N25C-G increases slower than that of NG. After irradiation, the crystallite sizes along a-axis directions (La) of NG and 75N25C-G reduced, but this trend was more obvious in irradiated 75N25C-G; this was closely related to the change of the surface morphology. The results show that the effect of the content of natural graphite flakes in the filler on the initial graphitization degree determines the difference in microstructure evolution caused by irradiation.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52072397, No. 12175323, No. 12005289, No. SCJC-XCL202209, DNL202012)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52072397, No. 12175323, No. 12005289, No. SCJC-XCL202209, DNL202012)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52072397, No. 12175323, No. 12005289, No. SCJC-XCL202209, DNL202012)
- Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. 52072397, No. 12175323, No. 12005289, No. SCJC-XCL202209, DNL202012)
- DNL Cooperation Fund, CAS (No. 52072397, No. 12175323, No. 12005289, No. SCJC-XCL202209, DNL202012)
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