Thermal plasma synthesis of nano-sized powders

Nuclear Engineering and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-20

  Seo, Jun Ho ^a   Hong, Bong Guen ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arc discharge; In flight; Nano powder; Thermal plasma; Torch

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857580783     PISSN: 17385733     EISSN: 2234358X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5516/NET.77.2012.002     Document Type: Article

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