Carbothermic formation of boron nitride nanotubes

  • Feng Qiu Ji*
  • , Chuan Bao Cao
  • , Hong Xu
  • , Zi Guang Yang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A carbothermic reaction of milled B2O3, active carbon, NaCl and Fe was carried out to prepare boron nitride nanotubes at 1200°C under the ammonia gas flow. The as-synthesized BN nanotubes with uniform diameter of 100nm, smooth surface and bend shape were observed by SEM microscopy and TEM microscopy. The length of the BN nanotubes was more than 10μm. EDS, XRD and SAED confirmed that the compositions of the nanotubes were hexagonal BN with polycrystalline structure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)233-236
Number of pages4
JournalRengong Jingti Xuebao/Journal of Synthetic Crystals
Volume35
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2006

Keywords

  • Ball milling
  • Boron nitride nanotubes
  • Carbothermic reaction

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