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Method of growing films by flame synthesis using a stagnation-flow reactor

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OSTI ID:321184

A method is described for stabilizing a strained flame in a stagnation flow reactor. By causing a highly strained flame to be divided into a large number of equal size segments it is possible to stablize a highly strained flame that is on the verge of extinction, thereby providing for higher film growth rates. The flame stabilizer is an annular ring mounted coaxially and coplanar with the substrate upon which the film is growing and having a number of vertical pillars mounted on the top surface, thereby increasing the number of azimuthal nodes into which the flame is divided and preserving an axisymmetric structure necessary for stability. 5 figs.

Research Organization:
Sandia Corporation
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia Corp., Livermore, CA (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5,840,373/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 8-699,817
OSTI ID:
321184
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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