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Process for making fullerenes

US5275705A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 9, 1992
Grant dateJan 4, 1994
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S977/844
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to an improved process for making fullerenes having greater than seventy carbon atoms. The process involves electrical heating of a low density carbon rod in an inert atmosphere.

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