what is the difference between cnt and fullerene
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is that nanotube is (chemistry) shortening of carbon nanotube; a carbon molecule, in the shape of a tube, having a fullerene structure and a diameter of about 1 or 2 nanometers while fullerene is (inorganic chemistry) any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules whose atoms lie at the vertices of a ...
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are cylindrical molecules that consist of rolled-up sheets of single-layer carbon atoms (graphene). They can be single-walled (SWCNT) with a diameter of less than 1 nanometer (nm) or multi-walled (MWCNT), consisting of several concentrically interlinked nanotubes, with diameters reaching more than 100 nm. Their length can reach several micrometers or even millimeters.
CNTs are allotropes of carbon with a cylindrical nanostructure.
Nanotubes are members of the fullerene structural family. Their name is derived from their long, hollow structure with the walls formed by one-atom-thick sheets of carbon, called graphene.
CNTs are 100 times more robust than steel on the molecular level. They are only one-sixth the weight of steel and have a high aspect ratio, making them valuable as a mechanical property that enhances filler material.