Formation of nano-sized alumina by in-flight oxidation of aluminium powder in a thermal plasma reactor

Scripta Materialia

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 143-147

  Ananthapadmanabhan, P V ^a   Thiyagarajan, T K ^a   Sreekumar, K P ^a   Venkatramani, N ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Nano synthesis of alumina; Reactive plasma synthesis; Thermal plasma processing

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDATION; PLASMAS; POWDER METALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

NANO-SYNTHESIS;

ALUMINA;

EID: 0142043506     PISSN: 13596462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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