Iranian Start-Up Company Manufactures Device to Produce Industrial Nano Particles
A flame ionization detector (FID) is a scientific instrument that measures analytes in a gas stream. It is frequently used as a detector in gas chromatography. The measurement of ion per unit time make this a mass sensitive instrument.
“This type of machine has two types: one produces nanoparticles from the gas phase and the other from the liquid phase,” Abbas Toghian, PhD student of nanotechnology said about the FID he and his teammates have designed and developed in their start-up company in Semnan city in the North of Iran.
He stated that the device they designed and built can convert gas into a product, adding, “This device is specifically designed to produce nanoparticles of oxide ceramics such as Sio2 (silicon oxide), Tio2 (titanium dioxide), Fe2oc (oxide iron), Fe3o4 (iron oxide nanoparticles) and Zno (zinc oxide).”
“The nanoparticles produced by this device are used to make paints and coatings, different types of adhesives and sealants,” Toghian also said, adding, “Of course, these nanoparticles have medicinal grades but we have not entered in this field yet.”
The manager of the project pointed to the strengthening of tires as one of the other uses of this device.
“Currently, this device can produce nanoparticles at the rate of 25 grams per hour, but in the development phase, it is necessary to build a semi-industrial device to produce nanoparticles at the extent of kilograms per hour,” the researcher continued.
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