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Carbon Nanotube Fibers and Yarns
Typical properties of CNT fibers produced by the floating catalyst method.
Diameter Apparent density Gauge Reference Method [g/cc] [mm] [μm] [11, 30, 45, Direct-spinning 1.0 20 7 52, 63, 66] [9] Direct-spinning 1.0 – 2–20 [37] Bath-spinning – 10 10–150 [57] Bath-spinning 1.3–1.8 20 – [58] Rotating-anchor 0.38–0.64 50 50–190 [19, 67] Rotating-anchor
Electrical [10 6 S/m] 0.7–0.8 – 0.5 2.24 0.3 0.36 – 0.19–0.22

Tensile strength [GPa] – – 0.4–1.25 3.3–4.2 0.25–0.28 – 0.8–1.3 –

Specific strength [N/tex] 0.8–2 1.2–2.2 0.2–0.75 – 0.44–0.65 a 0.9 0.84 0.45–0.5 a Estimated using original paper’s data.

Table 3.1 Linear density [tex] 0.02–0.1 0.05–0.5 0.11–0.92 – 0.83–2.09 1.4–3.8 1–2.5 1.3–10