A. Datta et al., THERMAL-STABILITY IN PURE OXYGEN OF SOOT GENERATED DURING THE PRODUCTION OF C60 BY THE CONTACT ARC VAPORIZATION OF GRAPHITE, Fullerene science and technology, 2(1), 1994, pp. 25-34
The thermal stability in oxygen of residual soot, after extraction wit
h toluene, has been found to be lower than that of C60. Since the resi
dual soot has been shown from previous studies to contain higher fulle
renes, the present results suggest that the oxidative stability Of hig
her fullerenes, rather surprisingly, is lower than that of C60.