Large scale synthesis of carbon nanofibres on sodium chloride support

Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Rajarao, Ravindra ^a   Bhat, Badekai Ramachandra ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofibres; Chemical vapour deposition; Metal oxalate; Sodium chloride support

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOFIBERS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COBALT; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCATALYSTS; OXALIC ACID; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMOANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOFIBRES; CATALYST NANO PARTICLES; CATALYST PRECURSORS; CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; LARGE SCALE SYNTHESIS; METAL OXALATES; SCANNING ELECTRONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION METHOD;

CATALYST SUPPORTS;

EID: 84899156489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18479804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5772/50306     Document Type: Article

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