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78j 2 <strong>Carbon</strong> <strong>Nanotube</strong>–<strong>Metal</strong> Nanocomposites<br />

Figure 2.30 TEM micrographs of spark plasma sintered (a) Co<br />

<strong>and</strong> (b) Co/7 vol% MWNT nanocomposite with ultrafine-grained<br />

matrix. (c) SEM <strong>and</strong> (d) high-resolution TEM micrographs of<br />

Co/7 vol% MWNT nanocomposite. Reproduced with permission<br />

from [110]. Copyright Ó (2007) Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH.<br />

disproportionation method. Very recently, Goyal et al. prepared in situ Fe/SWNT<br />

<strong>and</strong> Fe/MWNT nanocomposites using CO disproportionation method [112, 113].<br />

To prepare the Fe/MWNT nanocomposite, the Co catalyst <strong>and</strong> catalyst precursors,<br />

that is iron acetate (0.01 wt%) <strong>and</strong> cobalt acetate (0.01 wt%), were dissolved in<br />

ethanol. Iron powder was soaked in this solution, dried <strong>and</strong> pressed into pellets.<br />

The porosities of pellets were controlled by varying the pelletizing pressure.<br />

The pellets were placed in a quartz boat located inside a horizontal quartz tube<br />

reactor in a high temperature furnace (800 C). Mixed acetylene, CO <strong>and</strong> argon

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