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ADVANCED POWDER TECHNOLOGY
Volume 33, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apt.2021.103400
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Cubic boron nitride; Hexagonal boron nitride; Porous boron nitride; Triple DC thermal plasma system; Thermal fluid simulation
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In this study, c-BN nanoparticles were successfully synthesized using a thermal plasma jet system at atmospheric pressure. The average particle size was 22 nm, and the major crystal structure was cubic. A high production yield was achieved without requiring pre-and post-processing.
Cubic boron nitride (c-BN) is a superhard material, with hardness value comparable to that of diamond. c-BN is used in a wide range of industrial applications, including tool, abrasives, and refractory. The hardness of c-BN can be improved by decreasing the particle size to the nanoscale; however, the simultaneous application of high pressure (-8 GPa) and temperature (>2,500 K) is required to synthesize the c-BN crystal structure. In this study, we effectively synthesized c-BN nanoparticles from amorphous boron using a triple direct current (DC) thermal plasma jet system at atmospheric pressure. The injection of nitrogen as plasma forming gas generated reactive nitridation species. The average particle size of the synthesized c-BN was 22 nm, and the major crystal structure is the (111) cubic phase. We carried out a numerical simulation for a thermal fluid, to confirm the high temperature and velocity fields of the plasma jets that formed inside the reactor as the flow rate of plasma forming gas was adjusted. A high production yield of 51% was achieved using amorphous boron at a feed rate of 190 mg/min and the c-BN nanoparticles exhibited high crystallinity without requiring pre-and post-processing. (c) 2022 The Society of Powder Technology Japan. Published by Elsevier B.V. and The Society of Powder Technology Japan. All rights reserved.
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