Apparatus for the production of boron nitride nanotubes

Title: Apparatus for the production of boron nitride nanotubes

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An apparatus for the large scale production of boron nitride nanotubes comprising; a pressure chamber containing; a continuously fed boron containing target; a source of thermal energy preferably a focused laser beam; a cooled condenser; a source of pressurized nitrogen gas; and a mechanism for extracting boron nitride nanotubes that are condensed on or in the area of the cooled condenser from the pressure chamber.

Inventors:: Smith, Michael W; Jordan, Kevin

Issue Date:: 2014-06-17

Research Org.:: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1134462

Patent Number(s):: 8753578

Application Number:: 12/322,591

Assignee:: Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, VA); The United States of America, as Represented by the Administrator of NASA (Washington, DC)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: C - CHEMISTRY C04 - CEMENTS C04B - LIME, MAGNESIA

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES

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C - CHEMISTRY C04 - CEMENTS C04B - LIME, MAGNESIA
C04B35/6229 - {based on boron nitride}

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
B82Y30/00 - Nanotechnology for materials or surface science, e.g. nanocomposites

C - CHEMISTRY C04 - CEMENTS C04B - LIME, MAGNESIA
C04B2235/5284 - Hollow fibers, e.g. nanotubes

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
B01J19/121 - {Coherent waves, e.g. laser beams
B01J2219/0883 - Gas-gas
B01J2219/0871 - Heating or cooling of the reactor

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DOE Contract Number:: AC05-060R23177

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2009 Feb 04

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

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