Nanostructured graphite prepared by ball-milling at low temperatures

The use of ball-milling method at low temperatures to prepare nanostructured graphite was discussed. The method was applied using high purity synthetic graphitic powder as starting material. The X-ray diffraction patterns of samples milled at low temperatures were also presented. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed that significant differences between the samples milled at the two different temperature conditions appear on the scale of few nanometers. The results show that milling at low temperatures improves the fraction of very small carbon nanoparticles considerably.