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Carbon Nanotubes: by S.Uday Sampath Kumar
Carbon Nanotubes: by S.Uday Sampath Kumar
Nanotubes
By
S.UDAY SAMPATH KUMAR
OUTLINE
FORMS OF CARBON
STRUCTURE
PREPERATION
PROPERTIES
APPLICATIONS
FORMS OF CARBON
Carbon exits in different allotropic
forms
These include diamond ,graphite and
c 60 etc
Diamond is the hardest known form
of carbon
In graphite the carbon is in sp2
hybridisation
STRUCTURE
Carbon nanotube
STRUCTURE AND
TYPES OF NANO TUBES
PREPERATION
CARBON NANO TUBES CAN BE MADE BY CHEMICAL
1.
PROPERTIES
CARBON NANO TUBES ARE INSOLUBLE IN WATER DUE TO THE NON POLAR
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
CARBON NANOTUBES CAN BE MEATLLIC OR SEMICONDUCTING
THERMAL PROPERTIES
CARBON NANO TUBES ALSO HAVE HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
APPLICATIONS
FIELD EMISSIONS
WHEN A SMALL ELECTRIC FIELD IS APPLIED PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE NANO TUBE
.ELECTRONS ARE EMITTED AT A VERY HIGH RATE FROM THE ENDS OF THE TUBE .THIS IS
CALLED FIELD EMISSION.
NANO TUBES ARE ALSO BEING USED EXPLORED TO BE USED AS ELECTRON SOURCES IN
PORTABLE X-RAY GENERATORS
ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS
SENSOR APPLICATIONS
CARBON NANO TUBES CAN BE USED AS SENSITIVE ,LOW POWER DEVICE FOR
STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS
NANOTUBES HAVE THE IDEAL COMBINATION OF MECHANICAL STRENGTH AND
ASPECT RATO (THE RATIO OF LENGTH TO THE DIAMETER) AND CAN BE USED AS
FIBER REINFORCING ELEMENTS IN STRUCTURAL COMPOSITES
POLYMER BASED COMPOSITES WITH CARBON NANOTUBES HAVE BEEN
DEMONSTRATED TO SHOW SUPRERIOR MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
FUEL CELLS
CARBON NANO TUBES CAN BE USED FOR STORING LITHIUM IN LITHIUM BASED
BATTERIES
NANO TUBES ARE ALSO BEING CONSIDERED FOR HYDROGEN STRORAGE
APPLICATIONS
ACURATORS
ACURATORS ARE DEVICES THAT CONVERT ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO MECHANICAL
ENERGY
AND VICE VERSA
CATALYSTS
A POWDER OF CNTS
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