Production of silver nanoparticles by electromagnetic levitation gas condensation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 441-445

  Malekzadeh, Mahdieh ^a   Halali, Mohammad ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic levitation melting; Nanoparticle; Silver

Indexed keywords

CARRIER GAS; COOLING MEDIA; ELECTROMAGNETIC LEVITATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; FLAT COIL; GAS CONDENSATION; HIGH PURITY; MEAN PARTICLE SIZE; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEM AND TEM; SILICA TUBES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SPHERICAL SHAPE;

ARGON; CONDENSATION; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPULSION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; HELIUM; LEVITATION MELTING; MELTING; NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SILICA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SILVER;

EID: 79952454870     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.12.081     Document Type: Article

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