Increasing the octane number of gasoline using functionalized carbon nanotubes

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 256, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3472-3477

  Kish, Sara Safari ^a   Rashidi, Alimorad ^b   Aghabozorg, Hamid Reza ^b   Moradi, Leila ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Amidation; Functionalization; Gasoline; Multiwall carbon nanotubes; Octane number

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ANTIKNOCK RATING; ETHANOL FUELS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GASOLINE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; YARN;

AMIDATION; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES; HIGH REACTIVITY; METHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; RESEARCH OCTANE NUMBER; TERTIARY BUTYL ALCOHOLS; THERMAL GRAVIMETRY;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 77649185145     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2009.12.056     Document Type: Article

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