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M A T E R I A L S C H A R A C T E R I Z A T I O N 6 0 ( 2 0 0 9 ) 1 5 4 1 – 1 5 4 4 a v a i l a b l e a t w w w . s c i e n c e d i r e c t . c o m w w w . e l s e v i e r . c o m / l o c a t e / m a t c h a r Effect of expansion temperature of expandable graphite on microstructure evolution of expanded graphite during high-energy ball-milling a,b c a,⁎ a Xueqing Yue , Liang Li , Ruijun Zhang , Fucheng Zhang aState Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, PR China bDepartment of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Qinhuangdao Vocational and Technical College, Qinhuangdao 066100, PR China cInternal Combustion Engine Research Institute, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China A R T I C L E D A T A A B S T R A C T Article history: Two expanded graphites (EG), marked as EG-1 and EG-2, were prepared by rapid heating of Received 8 May 2009 expandable graphite to 600 and 1000 °C, respectively, and ball milled in a high-energy mill Received in revised form (planetary-type) under air atmosphere. The microstructure evolution of the ball-milled 29 August 2009 samples was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and high resolution transmission Accepted 4 September 2009 electron microscopy (HRTEM). XRD analysis shows that the evolution degree of the average crystallite thickness along the c-axis (Lc) of EG-2 is lo