简介:Theapplicationofinductionplasmatechnologydevelopedforthesynthesisofnanometricpowdersissummarized.Abriefdescriptionofthescientificbasisfortheinductionplasmaprocessesisgiven,followedbythepresentationofaninductionplasmasystemdevelopedbyTekna,togetherwithvariousexamplesofthenanopowderssynthesizedusingitsfacilities.Theadvantagesoftheinductionplasmaprocessoveralternativetechniquesanditsadaptabilityintoindustrialscaleoperationisparticularlyillustrated.Somespecificissuesrelatedtothenanopowdersynthesisprocessarealsodiscussed.