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Carbon nanotubes, polyhedral nanoparticles and films were synthesized by pyrolysis of toluene using iron powder as the catalytic agent. Transmission electron microscope and scanning electron microscope were utilized to study the geometrical shape and size of nanoparticles and nanotubes. The optimum temperature range to produce nanotubes and nanoparticles by pyrolysis of toluene is 850–900 °C. The produced carbon films consist of nanotubes.
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Sylenko, P.M., Shlapak, A.M., Kaverina, S.N., Schur, D.V., Firstov, S.O., Skorokhod, V.V. (2004). Electronic-Microscopic Investigation of Nanoscale Products of Catalytic Pyrolysis of Toluene. In: Veziroglu, T.N., Yu. Zaginaichenko, S., Schur, D.V., Baranowski, B., Shpak, A.P., Skorokhod, V.V. (eds) Hydrogen Materials Science and Chemistry of Carbon Nanomaterials. NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, vol 172. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2669-2_50
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