Carbon nano-flakes produced by an inductively coupled thermal plasma system for catalyst applications

Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 393-403

  Pristavita, Ramona ^a   Meunier, Jean Luc ^a   Berk, Dimitrios ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon nano flakes; Graphitic structure; Nitrogen functionalization; Thermal plasma

Indexed keywords

CARBON MATERIAL; CARBON NANOPOWDERS; GRAPHITIC STRUCTURE; GRAPHITIC STRUCTURES; INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED; PLASMA DECOMPOSITION; SYNTHESIS EXPERIMENT; THERMAL PLASMA; TORCH SYSTEM; UNIFORM MICROSTRUCTURE;

COUPLED CIRCUITS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; FLOW RATE; METHANE; NITROGEN; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

NITROGEN PLASMA;

EID: 79955820812     PISSN: 02724324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11090-011-9289-0     Document Type: Article

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