Study of thermodynamic properties of carbon nanoparticles by the laser heating method

A new experimental approach to the analysis of thermodynamic properties of amorphous carbon nanoparticles synthesized via hydrocarbon pyrolysis behind shock waves is discussed. The proposed approach is based on the analysis of thermal radiation of nanoparticles heated by a laser pulse. The sublimation temperature of the carbon nanoparticles might be determined by the two-colour pyrometry; their sizes, by laserinduced incandescence; and the volume fraction of the sublimated substance, by the laser extinction method. The sublimation temperature depends on both the particle size and the temperature conditions of their formation. The value of surface energy for amorphous carbon nanoparticles was estimated.