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Jake Borrajo
PHYS43 Modern Physics S!JC
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%nstructor& Dr' Younes (taiiyan
Modern Physics Project
)hat are Carbon nanotubes'
Arc discharge
CNTs Can be found in the carbon soot of graphite
electrodes during an arc discharge involving high
current. This process yields CNTs with lengths up
to 50 microns.
Laser Ablation
%n the ,aser ab,ation -rocess a -u,sed ,aser va-ori4es
a 0ra-hite tar0et in a hi0h5tem-erature reactor 1hi,e an
inert 0as is inserted into the reactor' Nanotubes
deve,o- on the coo,er sur.aces o. the reactor as the
va-ori4ed carbon condenses'
Stren0th
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De.ects
7ne5Dimensiona, /rans-ort
/o2icity
Stren0th Pro-erties