Effects of fuel compositions on the structure and yield of flame synthesized carbon nanotubes

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-111

  Camacho, Jorge ^a   Choudhuri, Ahsan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylene; Carbon nanotubes; Diffusion flames; Flame synthesis; Methane

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; GALVANIZED METAL; METHANE; NANOSTRUCTURES; STEEL; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DIFFUSION FLAMES; FLAME SYNTHESIS; FUEL FLOW RATE;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 33947128776     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15363830601177826     Document Type: Article

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