Process parameter interaction effects during carbon nanotube synthesis in fluidized beds

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 7686-7692

  See, Chee Howe ^a   Dunens, Oscar M ^a   MacKenzie, Kieran J ^a   Harris, Andrew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THEOREM PROVING;

CARBON NANOTUBE SYNTHESIS; CATALYST PROPERTIES; DEPOSITION TIMES; FACTORIAL DESIGNS; FLUIDIZATION CONDITIONS; INTERACTION EFFECTS; INTERACTION PARAMETERS; MAIN EFFECTS; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; PARAMETRIC INTERACTIONS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SYNTHESIS TEMPERATURES;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

EID: 54949125978     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie701786p     Document Type: Article

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