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94j 3 Physical Properties of <strong>Carbon</strong> <strong>Nanotube</strong>–<strong>Metal</strong> Nanocomposites<br />

Figure 3.1 Linear thermal expansion curves of coarse-grained Al,<br />

single crystal silicon <strong>and</strong> Al/15 vol% SWNT nanocomposite<br />

specimens. Reproduced with permission from [20].<br />

Copyright Ó (2004) Elsevier.<br />

CTE of 2024 Al alloy. The addition of 1 wt% MWNT to the 2024 Al decreases its CTE<br />

by nearly 11% at 50 C [21].<br />

Figure 3.3 shows the experimental <strong>and</strong> theoretical plots of CTE vs CNTcontent for<br />

the Al/SWNTnanocomposites. The measured CTE values of the nanocomposites are<br />

Figure 3.2 Temperature dependence of CTE of coarse-grained Al,<br />

single crystal silicon coarse-grained Al, single crystal silicon <strong>and</strong><br />

Al/15 vol% SWNT nanocomposite specimens <strong>and</strong> Al/15 vol%<br />

SWNT nanocomposite specimens. Reproduced with permission<br />

from [20]. Copyright Ó (2004) Elsevier.

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