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CARBON PAMPHLET

High Purity (97%) Carbon Nano Fibers (CNF’s)/Tubes (CNT’s) for High Tech Industries.

Comparison of Engineering Properties.

Properties

Our Products (Nano Carbon)

By Comparison

Size (in diameter)

SWCNF = 0.6-4.5 nm

MWCNT = 20-50 nm

SWCNT = 0.6-1.8 nm

Electron beam lithography can create lines 50 nm wide, a few nm thick

Current Carrying Capacity

Estimated at 1 billion mps per square centimeter Copper wire burn out at about 1 million A/cm

Field Emission

Can activate phosphorus at 1-3 volts if electrodes are spaced 1 micron apart Nearly pure diamond transmits heat at 3.320 W/mK

Heat Transmission

Predicted to be as high as 6,000 watt per meter per Kelvin at room temperature Metal wires in microchips melt at 600-1000 0C

Temperature stability

Stable up to 2,800 0C in vacuum, 750 0C in air Melt wires in microchips at 600-700 0C

 

Material

Elastic Modulus

(GPa)

Strain (%)

Yield Strength

(GPa)

Density

(g/cm3)

SWCNT*

1210 4 65

1.4

MWCNT* 1260 1.5 2.7 1.8
Graphite carbon* 560 1.2 2.1 1.6
Titanium 103 15 0.9 4.5
Aluminum 69 16 0.5 2.7
Steel 207 9 0.8 7.8

 * Our Products.

Engineering Applications
  • CNT-stronger than steel, faster than silicon and much lighter than aluminum.

  • Construction Engineering (Form good load-bearing reinforcement in composite materials)

  • Mechanical, Automotive, and Aerospace Engineering (Auto/air/Space body parts)

  • Electrochemical Engineering (Rechargeable batteries and fuel cells)

  • Biomedical Engineering (Transistors, Logic Gates, Microelectronics, Gas discharge tubes)

Present Use of CNT’s.

  • Vehicle finder in Nissan.

  • Tennis Rackets.

  • X-ray source

  • FEL Source.

  • Supporting Catalyst Electrodes

  • Tyre and Rubber Industries

  • Sugar Industries

  • Defense Applications

  • Chemical/Petrochemical Industries

  • Fuel Cell

  • Electronic Industries.

Picture Gallery

Graphitic Carbon


Graphitic Multiwalled Carbon Nano tubes (MWCNT’s)


Multi Walled Carbon nano Fibers.


SWNCT’s (Single Walled C-Nano Tubes)      (For Storage Purposes)


Multiphoton quantum dots, i.e. nano particles with special light properties that can be used for imaging in bilogical matereials


The Process

For further information Pl. contact

                                     Professor Dr. Syed Tajammul Hussain,  

Dr. M. Mazhar,

                                     Director Centre for Nano Science & Technology (CNST)

Chairman, Chemistry Department

                                     National Centre for Physics (NCP),

Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad,

                                     Islamabad

Pakistan.

                                     Ph: 0300-9548833  (O): 051-9064-2226

Ph: 0300-5193859

                                     e-mail: dr_tajammul@yahoo.ca

e-mail: mazhar42pk@yahoo.com    

  

 
 

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