Synthesis of boron nitride nanotubes employing mechanothermal process and its characterization

  • S. K. Singhal
  • , A. K. Srivastava
  • , R. P. Pant
  • , S. K. Halder
  • , B. P. Singh
  • , Anil K. Gupta

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Abstract

Multi-walled boron nitride (BN) nanotubes having cylindrical structure were synthesized employing the mechanothermal process. In this process hexagonal boron nitride powder (hBN) was first ball milled for 50-100 h using a high-energy ball mill and the ball-milled samples were annealed in N2 atmosphere for about 10 h in the temperature range of 950-1300 °C. The BN nanotubes exhibited a well-crystallized hexagonal structure with about 25-40 nm in diameter and up to 1 μm length. These BN nanotubes were well characterized using various techniques, such as, XRD, SEM, TEM and Raman Spectroscopy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5243-5250
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Materials Science
Volume43
Issue number15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2008
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ceramics and Composites
  • Materials Science (miscellaneous)
  • General Materials Science
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Polymers and Plastics

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