Carbon nanotubes and other fullerenes produced from tire powder injected into an electric arc

Materials Characterization

Volumn 55, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 371-377

  Murr, L E ^a   Brown, D K ^a   Esquivel, E V ^a   Ponda, T D ^a   Martinez, F ^a   Virgen, A ^a  

^a University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric arc discharge; Electron microscopy; Multiwall carbon nanotubes; Tire powder

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FULLERENES; HELIUM; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC ARC DISCHARGE; MULTIWALL CARBON NANOTUBES; TIRE POWDER;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 27644553109     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2005.07.013     Document Type: Article

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