Fred,
When electrodes are soaked in the carbon suspension and applied
with direct current voltage, the deposited carbon powder is
adsorbed on a positive electrode. This electrolytically
deposited carbon powder is referred to as electrolytic oxidized
carbon powder in the present invention. The above treatment is
referred to as treatment of electrolytic oxidation. "
They must be "Anions Anonymous". :-)
Interesting !
It should be noted that various forms of stable carbon
nanoparticles can be present on many previously used surfaces ;-)
....and these could be involved in several different ways
(catalytically) without participating directly in a chemical
reaction, so as to become consummed in the process. This requires
stability.
Of course - if the carbon fully oxidizes to CO2, then it has
limited usefulness, and is unimportant for this process, but as
you imply: As a colloid - and as a catalytic colloid (with
radicals attached) this could prove to be very important.
Carbon seems to readily but slowly form into the wll-known
"buckyball" structure in an electric field - that is the way they
are made. Perhaps --- if one wanted to "jump start" a
water-pretreatment cell, then it would be expedient to add a small
amount of buckyballs at the start??
Or is that the catch-of-the-day ... ?
... the one which you were "trolling" for on this fine morning ...
<g>
Jones
