Controlled syntheses of carbon spheres in a swirled floating catalytic chemical vapour deposition vertical reactor

Journal of Experimental Nanoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-51

  Mhlanga, S D ^a   Coville, N J ^a   Iyuke, S E ^a,b   Afolabi, A S ^a,b   Abdulkareem, A S ^b   Kunjuzwa, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon nanospheres; Chemical vapour deposition; Diameter control; Electron microscopy; Gas flow effect; Large scale production; Pyrolysis temperature effect

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOSPHERE; CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; DIAMETER CONTROL; GAS FLOWS; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE;

ACETYLENE; AERODYNAMICS; ARGON; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRONS; FLOW OF GASES; GRAPHITE; LIGHTING; LUBRICANTS; NANOSPHERES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPHERES; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ACETYLENE; ARGON; CARBON NANOSPHERE; NANOSPHERE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; NANOFABRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77949408976     PISSN: 17458080     EISSN: 17458099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17458080903242322     Document Type: Article

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