Carbon nanotubes and other fullerenes produced from tire powder injected into an electric arc

A novel method of growing multiwall carbon nanotubes by injecting tire powder into an electric arc has been developed. The process is optimized using a DC electric arc in pressurized helium. The multiwall carbon nanotube product and the optimization process are characterized by transmission electron...

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Published in:Materials characterization 2005-11, Vol.55 (4), p.371-377
Main Authors: Murr, L.E., Brown, D.K., Esquivel, E.V., Ponda, T.D., Martinez, F., Virgen, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science
rheology
Electric arc discharge
ELECTRIC ARCS
Electron microscopy
Exact sciences and technology
FULLERENES
HELIUM
MATERIALS SCIENCE
Multiwall carbon nanotubes
NANOTUBES
OPTIMIZATION
Phase diagrams and microstructures developed by solidification and solid-solid phase transformations
Physics
POWDERS
Solidification
Tire powder
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
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Summary:A novel method of growing multiwall carbon nanotubes by injecting tire powder into an electric arc has been developed. The process is optimized using a DC electric arc in pressurized helium. The multiwall carbon nanotube product and the optimization process are characterized by transmission electron microscopy.
ISSN:1044-5803
1873-4189
DOI:10.1016/j.matchar.2005.07.013