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Table 1 Measured densities of different carbon materials

From: ‘Laser chemistry’ synthesis, physicochemical properties, and chemical processing of nanostructured carbon foams

Carbon material

Density (g/cm3)

NCF

1.66

Multi-walled carbon nanotubesa

1.98

Nanodiamondb

2.97

Graphitic conesc

1.96

Carbon aerogel

0.20 to 1.00 [10, 11]

Carbon xerogeld

1.73

Carbon blacke

1.91

Activated carbonf

2.05

Graphiteg

2.27

Ordered mesoporous carbonh

1.63

Carbon nanofoam

0.020 to 0.002 [12]

  1. aHigh-purity multi-walled carbon nanotubes produced by the CVD technique (10 to 15 nm in diameter, ≥10 microns in length; Nanothinx S.A.); bNanodiamonds, purified, grade G01 (PlasmaChem); cGraphitic cones produced by hydrocarbon pyrolysis (n-TEC) [13]; dCarbon xerogels prepared by polycondensation of resorcinol and formaldehyde in water by Pekala's sol-gel method [14]; eVulcan XC-72R carbon black (Delta Tecnic S.A.); fActivated carbon (Morgui Clima S.L.); gGraphite, particle size <50 μm (Merck); hOrdered mesoporous carbon synthesized using a template-mediated process [15].

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