COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS OF FULLERENES

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MCKINNON, JT
BELL, WL
BARKLEY, RM
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[1] TDA RES INC,WHEAT RIDGE,CO 80033
[2] COOPERAT INST RES ENVIRONM SCI,BOULDER,CO 80309
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10.1016/0010-2180(92)90010-M
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O414.1 [热力学];
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We report the isolation of C60 and C70 from combustion soot that is produced in high-temperature, low-pressure premixed flat flames. A critical parameter for high fullerene yields in combustion appears to be a very high flame temperature. Equilibrium calculations indicate that low pressures are important, but the experimental evidence is not clear at this time. Combustion synthesis yields fullerenes with a C70/C60 ratio of about 40%, as compared with the 12% reported for electric-arc-generated fullerenes. The overall yields from carbon are very low (ca. 0.03%) but the soot studied had been produced in flames that were in no way optimized for fullerene production.
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