Studying the influence of process parameters on the catalytic carbon nanofibers formation using factorial design

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 151, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 367-371

  Jarrah, Nabeel A ^a  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofibers; Factorial design; Growth parameters; Nickel

Indexed keywords

BET SURFACE AREA; CENTER POINTS; FACTORIAL DESIGN; GROWTH PARAMETERS; INTERACTION EFFECT; MAIN PARAMETERS; NI CATALYSTS; PORE VOLUME; PROCESS PARAMETERS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

DESIGN; FLOW RATE; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS;

CARBON NANOFIBERS;

EID: 67349151841     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.03.057     Document Type: Article

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