I thought it was because nano tubes are created using graphene which is a single layer of graphite and graphite only bonds with 3 carbon atoms and this leaves one declocalised electron thats free to carry a charge
In carbon nanotubes each carbon atom has a 'free' electron which can move around freely and therefore can carry a charge and conduct electricity.
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Depending on their orientation, and/or doping, they can be conducting or semi-conducting. Check the wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_nanotube
Graphite (an allotrope of carbon) and graphene does conduct electricity whilst other allotropes of carbon such as diamond do not.
It depends on the type, or allotrope, of carbon you're talking about. For a material to conduct electricity, it should have free electrons to carry the electrical current. In diamond, an allotrope of carbon, there are no such free electrons. This means that diamond does not conduct electricity. However, graphite, another allotrope of carbon, conducts electricity very well because it has an entire "sea" of free electrons.
Not used today but possible in the future: - carbon nanotubes - doped carbon as CaC6
Carbon nanotubes are actually just your everyday normal carbon atoms that are rolled in tubes. It's the atomic structure, not the chemical properties, that give it it's bulletproof strength.
Graphene, graphite, and some carbon nanotubes can all conduct electricity.
Depending on their orientation, and/or doping, they can be conducting or semi-conducting. Check the wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_nanotube
Carbon nanotubes or graphene
Graphite is the type of carbon that conducts electricity but poorly than metal
Graphite (an allotrope of carbon) and graphene does conduct electricity whilst other allotropes of carbon such as diamond do not.
Carbon (graphite) will conduct electricitySilicon metallic will conduct electricity
Yes the center carbon or lead can conduct electricity. The carbon in the pencil is also used in resistors for resistance in a circuit.
yes
yes
Carbon can conduct electricity reasonably well and is a non-metal.
carbon is not a metal and can conduct electricity
no