Unique preparation of hexaboride nanocubes: A first example of boride formation by combustion synthesis

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3136-3141

  Kanakala, Raghunath ^a,b   Rojas George, Gabriel ^b   Graeve, Olivia A ^a  

^a Alfred University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON POWDER; CARBOHYDRAZIDE; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; CUBIC MORPHOLOGY; FURNACE TEMPERATURES; HEXABORIDES; HIGH-PURITY; LANTHANUM NITRATES; LOW-TEMPERATURE COMBUSTION; NANOCUBES; POINT SOURCES; TEMPERATURE VALUES;

BORIDES; BORON; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; METAL IONS; POWDER METALS; SAMARIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS;

EID: 78649560996     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.03853.x     Document Type: Article

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