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Boron nitride nanotubes : pronounced resistance to oxidation
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posted on 2004-03-29, 00:00 authored by Ying (Ian) ChenYing (Ian) Chen, J Zou, S Campbell, G La CaerBoron nitride (BN) nanotubes have the same nanostructure as carbon nanotubes but are found to exhibit significant resistance to oxidation at high temperatures. Our systematic study has revealed that BN nanotubes are stable at 700 °C in air and that some thin nanotubes (diameter less than 20 nm) with perfect multiwalled cylindrical structure can survive up to 900 °C. Thermogravimetric analysis reveals an onset temperature for oxidation of BN nanotubes of 800 °C compared with only 400 °C for carbon nanotubes under the same conditions. This more pronounced resistance of BN nanotubes to oxidation is inherited from the hexagonal BN and also depends on the nanocrystalline structure. This high level of resistance to oxidation allows promising BN nanotube applications at
high temperatures
high temperatures
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Journal
Applied physics lettersVolume
84Issue
13Pagination
2430 - 2432Publisher
American Institute of PhysicsLocation
New York, N.Y.ISSN
0003-6951eISSN
1077-3118Language
engNotes
This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Chen, Ying, Jin, Zhou, Campbell, Stewart J. and La Caer, Gerard 2007-03-29, Boron nitride nanotubes : pronounced resistance to oxidation, Applied physics letters, vol. 84, no. 13, pp. 2430-2432, and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1667278.Publication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal articleCopyright notice
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