ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] What happens when we burn carbon? Combustion seems such a simple reaction, but at an atomic scale it is the result of several steps. When graphite burns, for example, an intermediate stage is the formation of a graphite oxide. This process destabilizes the ordered arrangement of carbon atoms, so ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/441818a
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