Effects of carbon nanofibers on cell morphology, thermal conductivity and crush strength of carbon foam

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-80

  Fawcett, William ^a,b   Shetty, Dinesh K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CARBON FOAM; CELL MORPHOLOGY; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX EFFECTS; COMPLEX ROLES; COMPOSITE FOAMS; CRUSH STRENGTHS; D-SPACING; FIBER FRACTIONS; GRAPHITE CRYSTAL; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES;

CARBON NANOFIBERS; CELL MEMBRANES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FIBERS; GRAPHITE; MORPHOLOGY; PETROGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

FOAMS;

EID: 70350018304     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.08.032     Document Type: Article

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