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Processing & Handling :: Nanotechnology

November 1, 2008

Chementator: Making nanoparticles at Mach 2.6

Gerald Ondrey

A new pilot reactor — claimed to be the world’s first, complete two-step supersonic reactor — for producing nanoparticles has started operation at the Technology Service Center of the Wolfgang Industrial Park (IPW) GmbH, a subsidiary of Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com). Designed by Evonik’s Process Technology & Engineering Service Unit, in collaboration with seven universities and the German Aerospace Center (DLR; Cologne, Germany), the reactor uses supersonic flow to generate particles in the gas phase....

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