Synthesis of multiwalled carbon nanotubes-titania nanomaterial for desulfurization of model fuel

Journal of Nanomaterials

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Saleh, Tawfik A ^a   Siddiqui, Mohammad N ^a   Al Arfaj, Abdulrahman A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DESULFURIZATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL OILS; FUELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THIOPHENE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; YARN;

ADSORPTIVE DESULFURIZATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; HIGH CAPACITY; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; MODEL FUEL OIL; NANOMATERIAL; ORGANOSULFUR COMPOUNDS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84929225025     PISSN: 16874110     EISSN: 16874129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/940639     Document Type: Article

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