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Effects of specific surface area of metallic nickel particles on carbon deposition kinetics

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Carbon deposition on nickel powders in methane involves three stages in different reaction temperature ranges. Temperature programing oxidation test and Raman spectrum results indicated the formation of complex and ordered carbon structures at high deposition temperatures. The values of I(D)/I(G) of the deposited carbon reached 1.86, 1.30, and 1.22 in the first, second, and third stages, respectively. The structure of carbon in the second stage was similar to that in the third stage. Carbon deposited in the first stage rarely contained homogeneous pyrolytic deposit layers. A kinetic model was developed to analyze the carbon deposition behavior in the first stage. The rate-determining step of the first stage is supposed to be interfacial reaction. Based on the investigation of carbon deposition kinetics on nickel powders from different resources, carbon deposition rate is suggested to have a linear relation with the square of specific surface area of nickel particles.

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This work was financially supported by the National Program on Key Basic Research Project of China (973 Program, No. 2012CB215405) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51174022). We are also immensely grateful to the kind help of Mr. Prakash Venkatesan and Dr. Chenna Rao Borra from TU Delft for their comments on the draft.

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  1. Collaborative Innovation Center of Steel Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

    Zhi-yuan Chen, Li-jun Wang & Kuo-Chih Chou

  2. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

    Liu-zhen Bian & Kuo-Chih Chou

  3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD, Delft, The Netherlands

    Zhi-yuan Chen & Zi-you Yu

  4. School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

    Fu-shen Li

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Chen, Zy., Bian, Lz., Yu, Zy. et al. Effects of specific surface area of metallic nickel particles on carbon deposition kinetics. Int J Miner Metall Mater 25, 226–235 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-018-1565-z

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