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Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)

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Laura Strauss

Keywords

Nanotubes--Formability; Tantalum compounds--Synthesis;

Abstract

Tantalum and Sulfur powders were used to form tantalum disulfide and tantalum trisulfide products. Initial reactants were placed in fused quartz ampoules, vacuum-sealed via a torch supplied with hydrogen and natural gases, and then placed in a tube furnace. The tubes were either in single temperature zones in the furnace or straddling two temperature zones, and multiple temperatures were tested in this experiment. The use of iodine as a transporting agent, the furnace temperatures, the positions of the tubes in the furnace, and the stoichiometric amounts of tantalum and sulfur powder used in this experiment were all variables. It was determined by method of x-ray diffraction that higher temperatures result in crystalline tantalum disulfide, while the lower furnace temperatures produce nanostructures, with a mixture of tantalum disulfide and tantalum trisulfide products.

Year of Submission

2014

Department

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

University Honors Designation

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the designation University Honors

Date Original

2014

Object Description

1 PDF file (40 pages)

Language

EN

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