Preparation of carbon-encapsulated iron carbide nanoparticles by an explosion method

Carbon

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 317-321

  Wu, Weize ^a   Zhu, Zhenping ^a   Liu, Zhenyu ^a   Xie, Yaning ^b   Zhang, Jing ^b   Hu, Tiandou ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COAL CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

A. Carbon composites; B. Heat treatment; C. Transmission electron microscopy, X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ENCAPSULATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HEAT TREATMENT; IRON COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

XEROGELS;

CARBON;

EID: 0037212463     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6223(02)00292-0     Document Type: Article

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