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DC arc evaporation of nickel-graphite composite in helium atmosphere produces single-wall (SW) nanotubes. Electron microscopy examination of carbonaceous soot synthesized by this method revealed that the SW tubes grew radially from ultrafine nickel particles, and that they were found exclusively in soot material formed on the surface of a sluglike deposit grown on the end of a cathode.

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Fine particles of cobalt and cobalt carbide nesting in multilayered graphitic sheets, which were synthesized by an electric arc discharge of carbon rods containing cobalt oxide (CoO), were studied by transmission electron microscopy, including microdiffraction and energy dispersive x-ray analysis. The size of the wrapped particles was typically in a range from 50 to 200 nm. Three phases of nested materials, hcp(α)-Co, fcc(β)-Co, and Co3C, were identified.

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