A study of nucleation and the early stage of growth of nickel powder from a vapour nickel carbonyl precursor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2353-2360

  Wasmund, Eric Bain ^a   Coley, Ken ^b  

^a VALE S A   (Brazil)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Crystallisation; Nanostructure; Nucleation; Powder technology; Sintering

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL NUCLEATION THEORIES; CLASSICAL THEORIES; CRYSTALLISATION; GAS-PHASE; GAS-PHASE DECOMPOSITIONS; HOT WALLS; NANOSTRUCTURE; NICKEL CARBONYLS; NICKEL POWDERS; NUCLEATION BARRIERS; ONSET TEMPERATURES; PARTICLE GROWTHS; POWDER TECHNOLOGY; PRIMARY PARTICLES; SOLID PARTICLES; STAGE OF GROWTHS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBONYLATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; FREE ENERGY; GAS DYNAMICS; GASES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; POWDERS; SINTERING; SURFACE REACTIONS;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 64049114683     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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