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Spray Pyrolysis for Controllable Synthesis of One Dimensional Nanostructured Carbon Materials from Plastic Pyrolytic Oil

B. Parasuram, The Salem Polytechnic College, Salem, TN, India. S. Sundaram, Vidyaa Vikas Engineering College, Tiruchengode, TN, India. S. Karthikeyan environkarthi@gmail.com
Department of Chemistry, Chikkanna Government Arts College, Tiruppur, TN, India.

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Abstract

MWCNTs were synthesized by spray pyrolysis method at 950 °C on quartz substrate from plastic pyrolysis oil derived from waste polystyrene plastic using Argon gas was used as a carrier gas. The chemical compound composition of the plastic pyrolysis oil has been determined by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy. The GC-MS analysis was conducted on the polystyrene pyrolytic oil to confirm alkanes and alkenes compound. As-grown MWCNTs were characterized by SEM, HR-TEM and Raman spectroscopy. Raman spectroscopy reveals that as grown multiwall carbon nanotubes are well graphitized.

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