METHOD AND REACTOR FOR PRODUCING CARBON NANOTUBES

The present invention concerns a process for producing carbon nanotubes or other carbon nanostructures, e.g. cones. The process comprising evaporating/decomposing a carbon containing material in a voluminous thermal plasma generated by rotating an electric arc using an externally applied magnetic fi...

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Main Authors BAKKEN, JON ARNE, PRYTZ, STEINAR, MONSEN, BODIL, RAVARY, BENJAMIN, WESTERMOEN, ANDREAS, KLEVELAND, KJERSTI, RAANESS, OLA, JENSEN, ROAR
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
Published 21.12.2006
Subjects
CHEMISTRY
COMPOUNDS THEREOF
ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
ELECTRICITY
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT THEREOF
METALLURGY
NANOSTRUCTURES FORMED BY MANIPULATION OF INDIVIDUAL ATOMS,MOLECULES, OR LIMITED COLLECTIONS OF ATOMS OR MOLECULES ASDISCRETE UNITS
NANOTECHNOLOGY
NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PLASMA TECHNIQUE
PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES OR OFNEUTRONS
PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMICBEAMS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:The present invention concerns a process for producing carbon nanotubes or other carbon nanostructures, e.g. cones. The process comprising evaporating/decomposing a carbon containing material in a voluminous thermal plasma generated by rotating an electric arc using an externally applied magnetic field, and condensing said evaporated/decomposed carbon containing material on surfaces or on particles in a gas flow. A reactor for performing the process is also described.
Bibliography:Application Number: CA20062612310