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Journal Articles Review of Scientific Instruments Year : 2023

Determination of carbon nanotubes concentration by tabletop dynamic susceptometer

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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can be incorporated in various materials to enhance their mechanical or electrical properties. Information on their precise concentration and local distribution is difficult to access non-invasively. For example, electron microscopy studies require cutting of samples. Another way to measure the concentration of CNTs is by the magnetic susceptibility of the ferrocene present in the CNTs by the synthesis process, which can be performed on sample coupons on a vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM); VSM is a bulky laboratory instrument, and the size of the samples studied is constrained. In order to provide a technique that is fast, easy, cheap, and adaptable to the size of the samples, we have developed a benchtop device that measures the CNT concentration through an original inductive dynamic measurement of the ferrocene magnetic susceptibility. We present the method for extracting CNT concentrations and show the results obtained on cement matrices with CNT concentrations of the order of a few percent.
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cea-04446509 , version 1 (08-02-2024)

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Myriam Pannetier Lecoeur, Léa Boutet, Mathieu Pinault, Aurélie Solignac, Jonathan Bouillonnec, et al.. Determination of carbon nanotubes concentration by tabletop dynamic susceptometer. Review of Scientific Instruments, 2023, 94 (9), ⟨10.1063/5.0161197⟩. ⟨cea-04446509⟩
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