Carbon Filaments and Nanotubes: Common Origins, Differing Applications? (NATO Science Series E:)
Contributors: L.P. Biró (Editor); Carlos A. Bernardo (Editor); G.G. Tibbetts (Editor); Ph. Lambin (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: March 31, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780792369080
Subjects: Materials science; Technology; Material Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Physics; Technology / Material Science
First sentence: The earliest reference to vapor-grown carbon fibers is an 1889 patent by Hughes and Chambers [1] describing the growth of "hair-like carbon filaments" from a mixture of hydrogen and methane in an iron crucible.