Inventors:
Harry Paul Leftin - Margate FL
International Classification:
C01B 3102
Abstract:
Solid fullerite, comprising a mixture of C. sub. 60 and C. sub. 70 fullerenes and higher molecular weight carbon nanotropes, is produced by high temperature, short residence time, pyrolysis of a mixture of hydrocarbons, containing at least two "but less than six" carbon atoms in their molecular structures, admixed with an inert gas comprising at least one member of the Group VIII-A elements of The Periodic Table of The Elements in a substantially reduced-metals free reactor comprised of a thermally stable ceramic or pyrolytic graphite.