Production of carbon nanotubes from chemical vapor deposition of methane in a continuous rotary reactor system

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 600-607

  Yeoh, Wei Ming ^a   Lee, Keat Teong ^a   Mohamed, Abdul Rahman ^a   Chai, Siang Piao ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Chemical vapor deposition; Continuous production; Rotary reactor

Indexed keywords

BATCH-WISE; CARBON CONTENT; CARBON DEPOSITES; CARBON DEPOSITION; CARBON NANOTUBES (CNTS); CARBON YIELD; CHEMICAL VAPOR; CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; IS COSTS; MEAN DIAMETER; MULTI-WALLED; PRODUCTION RATES; ROTARY REACTOR; STANDARD DEVIATION;

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; DEPOSITS; METHANE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; VAPORS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 84859168480     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: 15635201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986445.2011.604812     Document Type: Article

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