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Not easy! You can make tiny amounts (probably) if you burn a sooty candle and stick a plate above it - in the soot on the base of the plate if you're lucky there may be a few fullerenes and nanotubes amongst the sooty carbon (but hardly any). To do it properly, you need to grind up graphite and tiny particles of iron or nickel, press it into a rod shape, get a second rod of graphite, stick them with their tips very close together, stick the whole lot in a container and pump out all the air.
Then connect the two rods to a large battery so you get an electric spark between them, run this for a few minutes and everything inside your container will get covered in soot. Then if you open it up and look near to the ends of the rods you should find some 'spider web' type regions in the black carbon deposits, and that's your nanotubes (but don't do this at home, you need proper masks and gloves!).
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How do you make carbon nanotube?
= Raman Spectroscopy of Carbon Nanotubes under Axial Strain - Rajay Kumar =
What element has a macromolecular structure similar to carbon?
Carbon nanotubes
Which substance show maximum sp2 carbon atoms?
graphite, graphene, carbon nanotubes and others. Graphite is classical example of sp2 carbon
What element is the second best conductor of electricity?
Carbon nanotubes or graphene
Name three types of orbital hybridzation that occur between two carbon atoms giving rise to the different spatial distributions of atoms around a carbon atom?
either allotropes, isotopes, nanotubes or polymers either allotropes, isotopes, nanotubes or polymers
Can carbon nanotubes be used to make bullet proof armor?
This technology is being explored as an option for body armor, but there are no body armor products using carbon nanotubes as yet.
How do you make carbon nanotube?
= Raman Spectroscopy of Carbon Nanotubes under Axial Strain - Rajay Kumar =
What is the chemical formula for carbon nanotubes?
Carbon remain carbon.
Which form of carbon is ductile?
graphite carbon nanotubes
What element has a macromolecular structure similar to carbon?
Carbon nanotubes
Who invented nanotube?
Although there are numerous instances of people observing carbon nanotubes, most literature credits Sumio Iijima as the discoverer of carbon nanotubes.
What is the structure of nanotubes?
the structure of nanotubes are carbon atoms joint together covalently to form a long tube.
How do you make Carbon Nanotubes from fullerenes?
don't be silly that's just harsh leave Darren alone
Is carbon nanotubes a type of paper?
No. Paper is cellulose, a carbohydrate usually derived from plant material. Carbon nanotubes are a variant of pure carbon that are used in a variety of high-strength materials.
Which metals is used in paper batteries?
carbon nanotubes
Which are the physical properties of carbon nanotubes?
Strength:Carbon nanotubes are the strongest and stiffest materials yet discovered in terms of tensile strength and elastic modulus respectively.Hardness:Standard single-walled carbon nanotubes can withstand a pressure up to 25 GPa without deformation.
Why carbon nanotubes should purified?
Because nobody wants an unpure carbon nanotube
