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Predicting Catalyst Extrudate Breakage Based on the Modulus of Rupture
Published on: May 13, 2018
張力負荷下での多壁カーボンナノチューブの強度と断裂機構
1Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis, CB 1105, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA. Zyvex LLC, Suite 200, 1321 North Plano Road, Richardson, TX 75081, USA. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, 1509 Uni.
まとめ
この研究では,多壁カーボンナノチューブ (MWCNTs) の引力強さを測定し,11から63GPaの強さを見つけました. 最も外側の層の故障は,材料科学のアプリケーションにとって極めて重要な高いヤングのモジュール値を明らかにしました.
科学分野:
- マテリアルサイエンス 材料科学
- ナノテクノロジー ナノテクノロジー
- 機械工学の機械工学
背景:
- マルチウォールカーボンナノチューブ (MWCNT) は,例外的な機械的性質を有しています.
- 個々のMWCNTの正確な引力強さとヤングのモジュールを理解することは,先進的な材料におけるその応用にとって極めて重要です.
- 以前の研究では,大量特性を提供しましたが,ストレス下での個々のナノチューブの行動は,詳細な調査を必要とします.
研究 の 目的:
- 個々のMWCNTの引力強さとヤングのモジュールを正確に測定するために.
- 牽引負荷下でのMWCNTの故障メカニズムを調査する.
- ナノスケールでのMWCNTの構造的整合性を特徴付ける.
主な方法:
- スキャニング電子顕微鏡 (SEM) の内にあるナノストレッシングステージを利用して,in-situ引力負荷実験を行いました.
- ビデオを使用した個々のMWCNTの牽引負荷実験を記録した.
- 実験から得られたストレス-ストレスの曲線を分析した.
- トランスミッション電子顕微鏡 (TEM) を使用して,破裂したナノチューブの断片を検査しました.
主要な成果:
- 測定されたMWCNTの最外層の張力強度は,テストされた19のナノチューブで11から63ギガパスカル (GPa) であった.
- 最外層のヤングモジュール (E) を 270 から 950 GPa の範囲で決定しました.
- 観察された故障は,最も外側の層で発生し, "剣の殻"メカニズムと一致しています.
- TEM分析は,ナノチューブ・リボン,波紋,部分放射性崩壊など,さまざまな骨折構造を明らかにした.
結論:
- 個々のMWCNTは,最も外側の層で高い張力強度とヤングのモジュールを示します.
- "スエード・イン・シーツ"の故障モードは,MWCNTの引力故障の特徴です.
- 破裂した断片の観察された構造的変異は,ナノチューブの機械的行動と故障モードの洞察を提供します.
- これらの発見は,炭素ナノチューブベースの複合材料とデバイスの設計とアプリケーションに不可欠です.
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