Formation mechanism of titanium boride nanoparticles by RF induction thermal plasma

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 183, Issue , 2012, Pages 483-491

  Cheng, Yingying ^a   Shigeta, Masaya ^b   Choi, Sooseok ^a   Watanabe, Takayuki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Experiment; Nanoparticle synthesis; Numerical analysis; RF induction thermal plasma; Titanium boride

Indexed keywords

FORMATION MECHANISM; FUNCTIONAL NANOPARTICLES; INDUCTION THERMAL PLASMA; MATERIAL CONDITIONS; MEAN DIAMETER; MIXED POWDER; MOLAR RATIO; NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS; POWDER FEED RATE; QUENCHING PROCESS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF INDUCTION; RF INDUCTION THERMAL PLASMA; TITANIUM BORIDE; TITANIUM CONTENT;

BORIDES; BORON; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTS; NANOPARTICLES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE COMPOSITION; PLASMAS;

TITANIUM;

EID: 84856523362     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.12.040     Document Type: Article

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