Thermodynamic limitations for fullerene formation in flames

Tetrahedron

Volumn 52, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 5161-5178

  Pope, Christopher J ^a   Howard, Jack B ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029996109     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-4020(96)00122-6     Document Type: Article

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