AAAR 31st Annual Conference
October 8-12, 2012
Hyatt Regency Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Production and Characterization of Boron Nanoparticles Synthesized With a Thermal Plasma System
WEONGYU SHIN, Steven Calder, Ozan Ugurlu, Steven Girshick, Chungnam National University
Abstract Number: 271 Working Group: Synthesis of Functional Materials using Flames, Plasmas and other Aerosol Methods
Abstract A new method for the production of boron nanoparticles is described. Boron trichloride is dissociated through injection into thermal plasma followed by a nucleation process producing boron nanoparticles. The ambient oxidation of the as-produced nanoparticles is also investigated. The nanoparticles were characterized with scanning transmission electron microscopy, electron energy loss spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to investigate their purity and stability under ambient conditions.