Comparative Characterization of Multiscale Carbon Fiber Composite with Long and Short MWCNTs at Higher Weight Fractions

Table 1

Thermal diffusivity and specific heat values of LMWNT and SMWNT samples.

		LMWNT		SMWNT
		𝛼	𝐶𝑝	𝛼	𝐶𝑝
25^°C	0.5 wt%	0.662	0.863	0.695	0.851
	1.0 wt%	0.642	0.882	0.622	0.811
	5.0 wt%	0.641	0.885	0.618	0.786
	10.0 wt%	0.528	1.277	0.490	0.943
50^°C	0.5 wt%	0.648	1.014	0.674	0.982
	1.0 wt%	0.625	1.045	0.608	0.955
	5.0 wt%	0.617	1.034	0.606	0.859
	10.0 wt%	0.493	1.456	0.476	1.052
100^°C	0.5 wt%	0.615	1.120	0.638	1.246
	1.0 wt%	0.592	1.156	0.575	1.209
	5.0 wt%	0.582	1.136	0.572	1.014
	10.0 wt%	0.464	1.614	0.444	1.199
200^°C	0.5 wt%	0.537	1.465	0.557	1.513
	1.0 wt%	0.516	1.547	0.502	1.495
	5.0 wt%	0.504	1.475	0.497	1.405
	10.0 wt%	0.387	2.276	0.371	1.720