Optimisation of microwave-assisted acid digestion for the purification of supported carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4179-4190

  MacKenzie, Kieran J ^a   Dunens, Oscar M ^a   Hanus, Monica J ^a   Harris, Andrew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPURITY REMOVAL; ISOTHERMAL TREATMENT; KEY FACTORS; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED ACID DIGESTION; OPTIMISATIONS; PERFORMANCE METRICS; PROCESS SIMPLIFICATION; PROCESS VARIABLES; RAMP RATES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; IMPURITIES; OPTIMIZATION; PURIFICATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REMOVAL; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFUR;

NITRIC ACID;

EID: 79961030642     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.05.052     Document Type: Article

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