Carbon nanotubes
What Carbon nanotubes means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Cylinders of hexagonal carbon rings, often just nanometres wide, that are very strong with a low mass and conduct electricity and heat well.
Fullerenes shaped as cylinders, formed from carbon atoms bonded in a curved hexagonal network, with a very high length to diameter ratio.
Cylindrical fullerenes formed from rolled sheets of hexagonal carbon rings.
Topics that use Carbon nanotubes
- Graphene and fullerenes (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Buckminsterfullerene
- Fullerenes
- Graphene
- Simple molecular substances
- Composite materials
- Electronics
- Nanotechnology
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