Effect of Nanostructure on the Thermal Oxidation of Atomized Iron
Effect of Nanostructure on the Thermal Oxidation of Atomized Iron
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纳米结构对雾化铁热氧化的影响
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2005
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K. Santhanam
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Mohit Kumar;Naveen Rawat;K. Santhanam
Abstract The effect of nanostructure on the thermal oxidation of atomized iron has been investigated. Above 500 o C atomized iron is oxidized in the presence of air. However, when iron is compacted with multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) this oxidation is shifted by more than 100 o C. Iron is protected by the nanostructure environment A large number of compositions of atomic ratios of iron and MWCNT have been examined in this study to understand the effect in detail. The effect of nanostructure in the thermal oxidation of iron is interpreted as due to iron atom experiencing extensive overlap and confinement effect causing spin transfer. Based on the theoretical calculations reported in the literature this confinement effect of iron is suggested to produce a transformation from 3d 6 4s 2 to an effective configuration of 3d 8 4s 0 producing spintronics effect. Key words : Multiwalled carbon nanotubes, atomized iron, thermogravimetric analysis, thermal oxidation INTRODUCTION The interaction of transition metals with carbon has been of interest in recent times and has been theoretically studied using density function calculations (1-6). An understanding of the interaction is of importance in synthesizing new materials having nanostructures. With carbon nanotubes this interaction can be considered in two ways; in one way iron atom as interacting with the outside surface of the tube that is dependent on configurational geometry. In this case an effective configuration of 3d