Free-flowing, transparent γ-alumina nanoparticles synthesized by a supersonic thermal plasma expansion process

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 880-884

  Bora, B ^a,d   Aomoa, N ^a   Bordoloi, R K ^b   Srivastava, D N ^c   Bhuyan, H ^d   Das, A K ^e   Kakati, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA RESEARCH   (India)

^b OIL INDIA LIMITED   (India)

^c CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Alumina; Nanoparticle charging; Nanoparticles; Plasma synthesis; Transparent ceramics

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA NANOPARTICLE; AMBIENT PRESSURES; AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; FREE FLOWING; NANOPARTICLE-CHARGING; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; OPTICAL EMISSIONS; OXYGEN FLOW RATES; PLASMA CHEMISTRIES; PLASMA CURRENTS; PLASMA SYNTHESIS; REACTION ZONES; SAMPLE COLLECTION; SYNTHESIZED PARTICLES; THERMAL PLASMA; THERMAL PLASMA JETS; TRANSPARENT-CERAMICS;

ALUMINA; CHEMICAL REACTORS; PLASMAS; SUPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EXPANSION;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84857447645     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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