Structure and mechanical properties of pyrolytic carbon produced by fluidized bed chemical vapor deposition

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3121-3128

  Lopez Honorato E ^a   Meadows, P J ^a   Xiao, P ^a   Marsh, G ^b   Abram, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; CARBON; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GRAPHITE; HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS; LIGHTING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOINDENTATION; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VAPORS;

DEPOSITION CONDITIONS; DEPOSITION TEMPERATURE; DOMAIN SIZES; FLUIDIZED BED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN-PLANE DISORDER; INTERNAL STRUCTURES; PARTICLE COATINGS; POROSIMETRY; PRECURSOR GASES; PYROLYTIC CARBON; SAMPLE PREPARATIONS; SPHERICAL PARTICLES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 48949119422     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2007.11.022     Document Type: Article

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