Shear Flow Induced Alignment of Carbon Nanotubes in Natural Rubber

Table 3

Dynamic mechanical properties of composite with different MWCNT contents.

Volume fraction (%)	Aligned or not	Modulus /MPa	/°C
0	—	530.9		1.566
2	N	599.8		1.476
	Y	701.1		1.453
4	N	727.1		1.447
	Y	895.6		1.378
6	N	831.6		1.160
	Y	946.0		1.113
8	N	979.2		1.085
	Y	1194.3		1.021
10	N	1377.0		0.991
	Y	1571.1		0.778

Maximum storage modulus of composite.
Treat the temperature at which the curve of loss factor () gets a peak as glass transition temperature.