High Specific Strength Carbon Foam Prepared from Sucrose and Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube

Rajaram Narasimman; Sujith Vijayan; Kuttan Prabhakaran

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.830-831.545

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High Specific Strength Carbon Foam Prepared from Sucrose and Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube

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Multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWNT) reinforced carbon foams were prepared by thermo-foaming of MWNT dispersions in molten sucrose followed by dehydration and carbonization. The rheological studies showed that the uniform dispersion of MWNT was achieved up to 1.5 wt.%. The carbon foams showed cellular structure. The density of the carbon foams increased with an increase in the MWNT concentration up to 0.25 wt.% and then remained more or less constant. The maximum compressive strength of 4.9 MPa was achieved at the MWNT concentration of 0.5 wt.%.

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Rajaram Narasimman*, Sujith Vijayan, Kuttan Prabhakaran

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Carbon Foam, Compressive Strength, MWNT

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