Production of nanocrystalline titanium nitride powder by atmospheric microwave plasma torch in hydrogen/nitrogen gas

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2736-2739

  Shin, Dong Hun ^a   Hong, Yong Cheol ^a   Uhm, Han Sup ^a  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PLASMA TORCHES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM NITRIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FLOW RATES; FT-RAMAN; MICROWAVE PLASMA TORCHES; TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE;

POWDERS;

EID: 27644531341     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2005.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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