title: Oxidative properties and chemical stability of fluoronanotubes in matrixes of binary inorganic compounds.
abstract: The chemical stability of fluoronanotubes in selected solid inorganic matrixes has been studied by initially mixing and mechanically grinding the components and subsequently heating them at temperatures ranging from 35 to 600 degrees C. The inorganic compounds selected for matrixes included halides (KBr, KI, Lil, LiBr, LiCl, NaCl, Znl2), oxides (Li2O, Fe2O3, PbO, MnO), lithium peroxide (Li2O2), potassium superoxide (KO2), sulfides (Li2S and ZnS), zinc selenide (ZnSe), lithium nitride (Li3N), and aluminum phosphide (AIP). Solid products, resulting from the proceeding chemical reactions, were analyzed by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and SEM/EDX elemental analysis. Gaseous and volatile products were identified with the help of the TGA/MS technique. Experimental data presented in this paper provide clear evidence that fluoronanotubes are not chemically inert toward the solid matrixes studied and exhibit significant oxidative properties in the redox reactions occurring under various temperatures, depending on the nature of the inorganic compound.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Rice Quantum Institute, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Haiqing
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Zhenning
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ivana W
authors.initials: IW
authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Smalley
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Hauge
authors.forename: Valery N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Khabashesku
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Margrave
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D005461:Fluorine / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D007287:Inorganic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing / Q000379:methods*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D005466:Fluorocarbons; D007287:Inorganic Chemicals; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D005461:Fluorine