Table 2.
Selected Physical and Physicochemical Properties of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes (CNT), Buckminsterfullerene (C60), Graphite (G), and Nanodiamonds (ND). For more details about data herein reported, please refer to [57]. Adapted with permission from [57]. Copyright American Chemical Society, 2009.
| CNT | C60 | G | ND | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specific heat capacity (J·g−1 K−1) at ~300 K | 0.45 | 0.7 | −0.71 | 0.68 |
| Thermal conductivity (Wcm−1K−1) at ~300 K | 0.25 | 0.004 | 19.5 | 0.12 |
| Melting point (K) | 1600–3200 | 1000 (sublimation) | 3800–4762 | ~5000 (at 8.5 GPa) |
| Laser Fluence Threshold for damaging carbon substrates by using Nd:YAG laser (λ = 620 nm), pulse width = 90 fs) (J cm−2) | Not available | Not available | 0.13 | 0.63 |
| Ionization potential (eV) | 5.3 | 7.6 | 4.39 | 6.9–8.07 |