Experimental Investigation on Effect of Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon Fibres on the Behavior of Plain Cement Mortar Composite Round Bars under Direct Tension

Table 1

Properties of MWCNTs and carbon fibers used herein.

MWCNTs as supplied by Intelligent Private Limited
Diameter	10–30 nm
Length	1-2 microns
Purity	>95%
Surface area	350 m^2/g
Bulk density	0.05–0.17 g/cm^3
Carbon fibers as supplied by Fosroc-Chemicals, Bangalore
Density	1.8 g/cc
Tensile strength	3500 N/mm^2
Length of fiber	5 mm
Fiber thickness	0.3 mm