Carbon undoubtedly is one of the very useful and most abundantly occurring metals on the earth. Every year thousands of new things come up in the markets made out of carbon and its by products and now this is the era of Carbon Nanotubes. There are different types of carbon nanotubes namely Single walled carbon nanotubes, double walled carbon nanotubes and then there are multi-layered or multiwall carbon nanotubes as well. All have their own uses in various scientific fields.
What are Single walled carbon nanotubes?
Well, these are actually nanotubes that are purely made up of carbon and look like a honeycomb mesh in a tube format. These are extremely small with a maximum size of less than 5nm so are only visible under a high power magnifying device. The single walled carbon nanotubes are among the most successful and useful inventions in the 20th century although traces of this were found in the 18th century also. Now you know what these carbon nanotubes with single wall are, so let’s go ahead in understanding the uses of these very useful nanotubes.
Uses of single walled carbon nanotubes
With more than 3000 of carbon nanotubes it won’t be justified to explain all the things in one article however as we are talking about carbon nanotubes having single wall lets understand two of its most important uses. When it comes to the uses of single walled carbon nanotubes they are mainly used in heating devices and then they are used in making metals hard and strong.
These nanotubes have a very high capacity to withstand heat so they are used a lot in the heating equipment. On the other hand they are also used in making metals hard by mixing the carbon nanotubes with them.
