Production of AlN by carbothermal and methanothermal reduction of Al 2O3 in a N2 flow using concentrated thermal radiation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 528-533

  Galvez M E ^a   Frei, A ^b   Meier, F ^a   Steinfeld, A ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ALUMINUM; CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTION; HEAT RADIATION; REDUCING AGENTS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ALN; APPARENT ACTIVATION ENERGIES; ARRHENIUS; CATALYTIC EFFECTS; ENERGY SOURCES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; HIGH-TEMPERATURE PROCESS; KINETIC MODELS; METALLIC PARTICLES; NUCLEATION SITES; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SOLAR CONCENTRATIONS; SOLID SOLIDS; THERMAL RADIATIONS; THERMAL REDUCTIONS;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 61649117060     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie8011193     Document Type: Article

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