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3.3.7 TG/DTA Analysis of Carbon Black Oxidation<br />

This carbon black ink may readily be oxidized in air at temperature around 650 °C;<br />

but requires a temperature higher than 900 °C to complete at a reasonable rate in CO2,<br />

with a calculated activation energy Ea of 165.80 kJmol -1 in the temperature range from<br />

895 °C to 1038 °C. Hence, this carbon black ink may easily be removed through<br />

oxidation in air when used as support structure for ordinary ceramic inks. However, to<br />

use this carbon black fugitive ink for a metal ink requires a refractory metal material with<br />

moderate oxidation resistance. For metal inks that sinter at lower temperatures, other<br />

fugitive materials should be investigated.<br />

TG/DTA results of oil-containing and as-dried (80 °C in oven, overnight) carbon<br />

black inks are shown in Figure 3.8 and 3.9. Both oil-containing and as-dried inks have<br />

similar oxidation behaviors in air, as indicated in Figure 3.8a and Figure 3.8b, except for<br />

the initial 38.5% weight loss in Figure 3.8a due to evaporation of oil that has retained in<br />

the interstitial voids. The hydrocarbon oil used for oil bath has a boiling point in the<br />

range of 254-283 °C. The gradual weight loss in the range from 263.7 °C to 344.2 °C in<br />

Figure 3.8b probably corresponds to decomposition of polymeric additives. As the<br />

temperature increases from 344.2 °C to 459.6 °C, only slight weight change is observed.<br />

That might be attributed to releasing of volatiles from cleavage of covalent bonds in some<br />

functional groups. 120 Above 459.6 °C, oxidation of carbon black accelerates and comes to<br />

completion by 643.4 °C. Within this temperature range, it is commonly agreed that<br />

oxidation of carbon black in air is a first order reaction for CO2 release, 121 with activation<br />

energy

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