Emeritus Professor
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (McGill University)
M.Sc. Chemical Engineering (University of Waterloo, Canada)
B.Sc. Chemical Engineering (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Office: Wong 4260
3610 University Street
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 0C5
Email: richard.munz<at>mail.mcgill.ca
Publications
Rao, Lakshminarayana; Munz, Richard J.’ Effect of cathode microstructure on arc velocity and erosion rate of cold cathodes in magnetically rotated atmospheric pressure arcs.’ Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (2008), 41(16), 165201/1-165201/11.
D'Sa, Keith; Rao, Lakshminarayana; Munz, Richard J.’Effect of cathode microstructure on arc velocity and erosion rate of cold-sprayed copper cathodes in a magnetically rotated atmospheric pressure arc.’ Journal of Thermal Spray Technology (2008), 17(4), 574-582.
Pristavita, Ramona; Munz, Richard J.; Addona, Tony ‘Transferred Arc Production of Fumed Silica: Rheological Properties.’, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2008), 47(17), 6790-6795
Aristizabal, Felipe; Munz, Richard J.; Berk, Dimitrios. ‘Turbulent Modeling of the Production of Ultra Fine Aluminum Particles: Scale-Up.’, Aerosol Science and Technology (2008), 42(7), 556-565
Rao, Laksminarayana; Reddy, Naveen Krishna; Coulombe, Sylvain; Meunier, Jean-Luc; Munz, Richard J. ‘Carbon nanotubes as nanoparticles collector’, short communication, Journal of Nanoparticle Research (2007), 9(4), 689-695.
Lakshminarayana Rao, and R.J. Munz ‘Effect of surface roughness on erosion rates of pure copper coupons in pulsed vacuum arc system’ Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (2007), 40(24), 7753-7760.
Rao, Lakshminarayana, and Richard J. Munz and Sylvain Coulombe, ‘Observation of Atmospheric Pressure Arc Displacements on a Cold Cathode’, Applied Physics Letters 91, 141502, 2007.
El-Naas, M. H.; Munz, R. J.; Rossi, J.; Zekri, A. Y. , ‘Plasma Heating of Carbonate Formations.’, Petroleum Science and Technology (2007), 25(9), 1143-1161.
Rao, L., R.J. Munz, and J.-L. Meunier, ‘Vacuum arc velocity and erosion rate measurements on nanostructured plasma and HVOF spray coatings’ J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40(14) 4192-4201 (2007).
Castillo, I.A. and R.J. Munz, "New in-situ sampling and analysis of the production of CeO2 powders from liquid precursors in a rf thermal plasma reactor. Part 2: Analysis of CeO2 powders, fuel addition and image analysis" Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing (2007), 27(6), 761-788.
Castillo, I.A. and R.J. Munz, "New in-situ sampling and analysis of the production of CeO2 powders from liquid precursors using a novel wet collection system in a rf inductively coupled thermal plasma reactor. Part 1: Reactor system and sampling probe" Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing (2007), 27(6), 737-759.
El-Naas, M. H.; Munz, R. J.; Rossi, J.; Zekri, A. Y. , ‘Plasma Heating of Carbonate Formations.’, Petroleum Science and Technology (2007), 25(9), 1143-1161.
Castillo, I.A. and R.J. Munz, ‘ Transient heat, mass and momentum transfer of an evaporating stationary droplet containing dissolved cerium nitrate in a rf thermal argon-oxygen plasma under reduced pressure’, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 50 (2007) 240–256
Desroches, Marie-Josée, I.A. Castillo, and R.J. Munz, ‘Determination of Particle Size Distribution by Laser Diffraction of Doped-CeO2 Powder Suspensions: Effect of Suspension Stability and Sonication’, The Particle and Particle Systems Characterization Journal Vol 22(5) 310-319 (2006).
Aristizabal, Felipe, Richard J. Munz and Dimitrios Berk, ‘Modeling of the production of ultra fine aluminum particles in rapid quenching turbulent flow’, Journal of Aerosol Science, 37(2) pp 162-186, 2006.
Castillo, I.A., and R.J. Munz, "Inductively coupled plasma synthesis of CeO2 –based powders from liquid solutions for SOFC electrolytes", Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, Vol 25, No. 2, pp 87-107 (2005).
Nadeau, Patrice, Dimitros Berk, and Richard J. Munz, 'Ammonium chloride aerosol nucleation and growth in a cross-flow impinging jet reactor' Aerosol Science and Technology 37 pp 1-14 (2003).
Filion, J., R.J. Munz and E.D. Salin,"Molecular Emission Spectroscopy as a Potential Diagnostic Tool in Plasma-Assisted Incineration" Applied Spectroscopy (2002), 56(4), 449-454.
Sekiguchi, H., M.E. Bonneau, F. Gitzhofer, M.I. Boulos, and R.J. Munz, 'Preparation of Ag/Ag2O3 nanocomposite using suspension plasma spraying: a feasibility study', Transactions of the Materials Research Society of Japan, 27[1] 59-61 (2002).
Filion, J., R.J. Munz and E.D. Salin "A Feasibility Study of Adaptive Plasma-Assisted Incineration - Part 1: Demonstration on a Laboratory Model System", CSChEJ 79(4), pp 612-617, 2001.
Filion, J., R.J. Munz and E.D. Salin "A feasibility study of adaptive plasma-assisted incineration - Part 2: techno-economic potential assessment. ", CSChEJ 79(4), pp 618-625, 2001.
Patrice Nadeau, Dimitrios Berk and Richard J. Munz, 'Mixing in a Cross-Flow-Impinging Jet Reactor', AIChEJ , 47(3) Pages 536-544, 2001.
da Cruz, and R.J. Munz, 'Nucleation with simultaneous chemical reaction in the vapour-phase synthesis of AlN ultrafine powders', Aerosol Science and Technology, 34(6):1-13,2001
Seon, H. and R.J. Munz, 'Study of Arc Stability and Erosion Behavior of a Transferred Arc with Graphite DC Electrodes', CSChEJ 79(4), pp 626-632, 2001.
Addona T. Proulx P. Munz RJ. 'Mathematical modeling of silica anode decomposition.' Plasma Chemistry & Plasma Processing. 20(4):521 553, 2000.
da Cruz, A.C. and R.J. Munz, 'Review on the vapour-phase synthesis of aluminum nitride powder using thermal plasma', KONA (17) 85-94 ,(1999).
Addona T and Munz RJ. Silica decomposition using a transferred arc process. IND ENG CHEM RES 38: (6) 2299-2309 (1999).
El-Naas MH, Munz RJ, Ajersch F. Modelling of a plasma reactor for the synthesis of calcium carbide. CAN METALL QUART 37: (1) 67-74 (1998).
El-Naas MH, Munz RJ, Ajersch F. Solid-phase synthesis of calcium carbide in a plasma reactor. PLASMA CHEM PLASMA PPROC 18: (3) 409-427 (1998).
Da Cruz AC, Munz RJ, Vali H. The densification and microstructure development of sintered aluminum nitride ultrafine powder produced in a two-stage transferred-arc plasma reactor. J MATER SCI LETT 17: (15) 1255-1261 (1998).
Moura FJ, Munz RJ. Aluminum nitride nanosized particles from vapour phase synthesis using a two stage transferred arc reactor. J. Amer. Ceram. Soc. 80(9) 2425-28 (1997).
daCruz AC, Munz RJ. Vapor phase synthesis of fine particles. IEEE T PLASMA SCI 25: (5) 1008-1016 (1997).
Nadeau P, Berk D, Munz RJ. Measurement of residence time distributions by laser absorption spectroscopy. Chem. Eng. Sci. 51(11) 2607-2611 (1996).
Kwak JE, Munz RJ. The behaviour of titanium, stainless steel, and copper-nickel alloys as plasma torch cathodes. Plasma Chem. Plasma Proc. 16(4) 577-603 (1996).