Engineering aerosol-through-plasma torch ceramic particulate structures: Influence of precursor composition

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1870-1876

  Phillips, Jonathan ^a,b   Luhrs, Claudia ^b   Peng, Chunyun ^b   Fanson, Paul ^c   Zea, Hugo ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MSC01 1070   (United States)

^c Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHASE SEPARATION; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMAS; POSITIVE IONS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SOLVENTS; SURFACE SEGREGATION; TECHNOLOGY;

AQUEOUS PRECURSOR; CATION RATIO; CERAMIC PARTICLES; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; LENGTH SCALING; MICRON-SIZED PARTICLES; MIXED OXIDES; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PARTICLE STRUCTURES; PHASE SEGREGATIONS; PHASE-STRUCTURE; PRECURSOR COMPOSITION; SURFACE PHASE;

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EID: 48749085896     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2008.0233     Document Type: Article

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