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Combustion Synthesis of Fullerenes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

H. Richter ,
A. Fonseca ,
P. A. Thiry ,
J. M. Gilles ,
J. B. Nagy  and
A. A. Lucas
H. Richter
Affiliation:
Institute for Studies in Interface Sciences Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix Rue de Bruxelles, 61 B-5000 Namur, Belgium
A. Fonseca
Affiliation:
Institute for Studies in Interface Sciences Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix Rue de Bruxelles, 61 B-5000 Namur, Belgium
P. A. Thiry
Affiliation:
Institute for Studies in Interface Sciences Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix Rue de Bruxelles, 61 B-5000 Namur, Belgium
J. M. Gilles
Affiliation:
Institute for Studies in Interface Sciences Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix Rue de Bruxelles, 61 B-5000 Namur, Belgium
J. B. Nagy
Affiliation:
Institute for Studies in Interface Sciences Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix Rue de Bruxelles, 61 B-5000 Namur, Belgium
A. A. Lucas
Affiliation:
Institute for Studies in Interface Sciences Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix Rue de Bruxelles, 61 B-5000 Namur, Belgium
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Abstract

The formation of fullerenes by combustion was investigated for nine benzene/oxygen/argon flames, one acetylene/oxygen/argon- and one toluene/oxygen/argon flame burning at 75 mbar. The flame-generated soot was Soxhlet extracted with toluene and the extract analyzed by HPLC. It was shown that the C60/C70 ratio depends on the percentage of argon in the fresh gas mixture, which is directly related to the flame temperature. The use of acetylene and toluene as combustible led also to the formation of fullerenes, the yield in the toluene flame being 3.71% of the generated soot, so that toluene represents a serious alternative to benzene for fullerene fabrication in flames.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 359: Symposium G – Science and Technology of Fullerene Materials , 1994 , 17
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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