Influence of a Fe/activated carbon catalyst and reaction parameters on methane decomposition during the synthesis of carbon nanotubes

Chemical Papers

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 799-805

  Sivakumar, Vaiyazhipalayam Murugaiyan ^a   Mohamed, Abdul Rahman ^a   Abdullah, Ahmad Zuhairi ^a   Chai, Siang Piao ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

activated carbon; methane vapor decomposition; MWNTs; TEM; thermogravimetric analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957016911     PISSN: 03666352     EISSN: 13369075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11696-010-0066-y     Document Type: Article

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