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As with every material, the presence of a crystallographic defect influences the material properties. Defects can occur in various forms with significant effect. With high levels of such defects can lower the tensile strength by up to 85 % [1]. In general, three types of defects are reported in the CNTs [2, 3].
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Awang, M., Mohammadpour, E., Muhammad, I.D. (2016). Influence of Defects on the Strength of Graphene and Carbon Nanotube. In: Finite Element Modeling of Nanotube Structures. Engineering Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03197-2_9
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