Single-walled carbon nanotube formation on iron oxide catalysts in diffusion flames

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2125-2133

  Unrau, Chad J ^a,b   Axelbaum, Richard L ^a   Fraundorf, Phil ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b CABOT CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential mobility analyzer; Diffusion flames; Iron oxide catalyst; Oxy fuel combustion; Single wall carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZERS; DIFFUSION FLAME; IRON OXIDE CATALYST; OXYFUEL COMBUSTION; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES;

ADSORPTION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; COMBUSTION; DIFFUSION; ETHYLENE; FLAMMABILITY; FUELS; IRON OXIDES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SOOT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

ETHYLENE; FUEL; IRON OXIDE; OXYGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SOOT;

EID: 77955013994     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-009-9771-2     Document Type: Article

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