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EC number: 701-160-0 | CAS number: -
- Life Cycle description
- Uses advised against
- Endpoint summary
- Appearance / physical state / colour
- Melting point / freezing point
- Boiling point
- Density
- Particle size distribution (Granulometry)
- Vapour pressure
- Partition coefficient
- Water solubility
- Solubility in organic solvents / fat solubility
- Surface tension
- Flash point
- Auto flammability
- Flammability
- Explosiveness
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- Oxidation reduction potential
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- Storage stability and reactivity towards container material
- Stability: thermal, sunlight, metals
- pH
- Dissociation constant
- Viscosity
- Additional physico-chemical information
- Additional physico-chemical properties of nanomaterials
- Nanomaterial agglomeration / aggregation
- Nanomaterial crystalline phase
- Nanomaterial crystallite and grain size
- Nanomaterial aspect ratio / shape
- Nanomaterial specific surface area
- Nanomaterial Zeta potential
- Nanomaterial surface chemistry
- Nanomaterial dustiness
- Nanomaterial porosity
- Nanomaterial pour density
- Nanomaterial photocatalytic activity
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- Aquatic toxicity
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- Short-term toxicity to fish
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- Toxicity to microorganisms
- Endocrine disrupter testing in aquatic vertebrates – in vivo
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Nanomaterial crystallite and grain size
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- nanomaterial crystallite and grain size
- Remarks:
- Diameters, walls number and length distribution
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Study period:
- 2009
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: Guideline study, no GLP compliance
Data source
Reference
- Reference Type:
- study report
- Title:
- Unnamed
- Year:
- 2 011
- Report date:
- 2011
Materials and methods
Test guideline
- Qualifier:
- according to guideline
- Guideline:
- other: Internal method ASM.MDA.021 "Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes by transmission electron microscopy"
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- The diameters, walls number and length distribution are determined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM).
The beam of electrons that crosses the thin sample allows to create an enlarged image of the object. The main lens is the objective lens that gives an object image (in its image plane) and a diffraction diagram (in its focal place). The other lenses are used for enlarging and projecting this first image or the diffraction diagram onto the observation screen. The point by resolution is 0.27 nm.
The got images are used to know about the appearance of CNT, to achieve diameters and length measurements. - GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Type of method:
- transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
- Details on methods and data evaluation:
- The different stages from the starting up of the microscope, the complete gun and column alignment, to the particular working modes are described in details in the operating manuals provided by the instruments manufacturer.
A microscopy copper grid covered with a carbon film with holes is plunged into the suspension of MW-CNTs that has been previoulsy prepared in ethanol.
After evaporation of ethanol, the TEM grid is installed on a sample holder and is introduced into the microscope column at the level of the objective lens (an airlock allows the object introduction while keeping a vacuum lower than 10-06Torrs in the microscope column).
One must take care and check that the sample is exactly located at eucentric point, that focusing is well done, or more exceptionnally that the current in one projection lens is good.
The TEM grid can be observed under a 200 kV voltage.
The magnification range is used from 20000 times up to 660000 times according to the wished informations.
A directe images observation on screen is possible thanks to the use of a high-resolution CCD camera (11 Mpixels - model GATAN ORIUS 832). The MW-CNTs appearance (straight, winding...) is qualitatively noticed after several images observation.
When the nanotubes are well defined, statistical measurements of MW-CNTs diameter and length are possible. About twelve images achieved at a magnification level between 220000 to 660000 times are used in order to study about 100 MW-CNTs (inside and outside diameters, lenght). This number of MW-CNTs is useful to obtain a proper representative of a large nanotubes population.
All possible measurements for diameters and length are achieved with the "Digital Micrograph" software of the camera.
The statistical averages for the diameters and the lengths are calculated with the standard deviations. Number histograms can be drawn according to the diameters and the lengths.
The number of walls nwallscan be deduced from the measurements of outer diameters (d[out]) and inner diameters (d[in]) and the distance between two walls. This last one has been evaluated in previous studies realized in the same conditions on about ten measurements of walls spacing and is taken equal to 0.34 nm.
n[walls]= (d[out]-d[in])/2*0.34 - Sampling:
- MW-CNTs powder (about 10mg) is poured into a vial containing a small volume of ethanol (about 30 ml). The corked vial is placed into an ultrasonic bath (frequency = 35 kHz) during five minutes at ambient temperature in order to disperse them.
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- GRAPHISTRENGTH C100
- IUPAC Name:
- GRAPHISTRENGTH C100
- Reference substance name:
- Tangled Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
- EC Number:
- 701-160-0
- Cas Number:
- 7782-42-5
- Molecular formula:
- Hollow tubular carbon, 1-dimensional nano structures with hexagonal arrangement of carbon atoms
- IUPAC Name:
- Tangled Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
- Test material form:
- solid: nanoform
Constituent 1
Constituent 2
Data gathering
- Instruments:
- Philips - FEI CM200 microscope : LaB6 filament, maximal voltage = 200 kV, point by point resolution = 0.27 nm. The microscope is calibrated with a reference material "Cross-Grating" with a known number of lines per mm.
Results and discussion
Crystallite and grain sizeopen allclose all
- Key result
- Mean:
- 1 097 nm
- St. dev.:
- 906 nm
- Remarks on result:
- other: Mean length
- Remarks:
- Measurement of the length distribution
- Key result
- Mean:
- 11.7 nm
- St. dev.:
- 3.6 nm
- Remarks on result:
- other: Mean outer diameter
- Remarks:
- Measurement of the outer diameter distribution
- Key result
- Mean:
- 4.8 nm
- St. dev.:
- 1.7 nm
- Remarks on result:
- other: Mean inner diameter
- Remarks:
- Measurement of the inner diameter
- Key result
- Mean:
- 10 other: wall(s)
- St. dev.:
- 3 other: wall(s)
- Remarks on result:
- other: Mean wall number
- Remarks:
- Measurement of the wall number distribution
Any other information on results incl. tables
Diameters and walls number measurements
The mean values of outer/inner diameters and walls have been calculated based on 100 measurements.
The majority of MW-CNTs (88%) have a diameter comprised between 5 and 15 nm.The D90 for the outer diameter is 16 nm.
Outer diameter (nm) | Inner diameter(nm) | Walls number(nm) | |
D90 | 16 | / | / |
Mean value Standard deviation | 11.7 3.6 | 4.8 1.7 | 10 3 |
The distribution for the outer diameter is in the following table:
Diameter interval (nm) |
Number |
Accumulated |
% number |
% accumulated |
0-5 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
10 |
36 |
36 |
36.0 |
36.0 |
15 |
52 |
88 |
52.0 |
88.0 |
20 |
8 |
96 |
8.0 |
96.0 |
25 |
4 |
100 |
4.0 |
100.0 |
30 |
0 |
100 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
35 |
0 |
100 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
40 |
0 |
100 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
45 |
0 |
100 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
50 |
0 |
100 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
55 |
0 |
100 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
60 |
0 |
100 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
65 |
0 |
100 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
70 |
0 |
100 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
75 |
0 |
100 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
80 |
0 |
100 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
85 |
0 |
100 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
90 |
0 |
100 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
95 |
0 |
100 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
100 |
0 |
100 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
Length measurements
The MW-CNTs are well dispersed to permit the lengths measurements with Digitalmicrograph Software.
63% of the MW-CNTs have a length between 0 and 1 µm and 90% between 0 and 2 µm.The D90 for the length of MW-CNTs is 2090 nm.
The distribution for the length is in the following table:
Length interval (nm) |
Number |
Accumulated |
% number |
% accumulated |
0-100 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
200 |
1 |
1 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
300 |
8 |
9 |
7.9 |
8.9 |
400 |
11 |
20 |
10.9 |
19.8 |
500 |
6 |
26 |
5.9 |
25.7 |
600 |
11 |
37 |
10.9 |
36.6 |
700 |
7 |
44 |
6.9 |
43.6 |
800 |
3 |
47 |
3.0 |
46.5 |
900 |
12 |
59 |
11.9 |
58.4 |
1000 |
5 |
64 |
5.0 |
63.4 |
1100 |
1 |
65 |
1.0 |
64.4 |
1200 |
5 |
70 |
5.0 |
69.3 |
1300 |
3 |
73 |
3.0 |
72.3 |
1400 |
3 |
76 |
3.0 |
75.2 |
1500 |
3 |
79 |
3.0 |
78.2 |
1600 |
2 |
81 |
2.0 |
80.2 |
1700 |
4 |
85 |
4.0 |
84.2 |
1800 |
2 |
87 |
2.0 |
86.1 |
1900 |
0 |
87 |
0.0 |
86.1 |
2000 |
3 |
90 |
3.0 |
89.1 |
2100 |
1 |
91 |
1.0 |
90.1 |
2200 |
0 |
91 |
0.0 |
90.1 |
2300 |
1 |
92 |
1.0 |
91.1 |
2400 |
0 |
92 |
0.0 |
91.1 |
2500 |
0 |
92 |
0.0 |
91.1 |
2600 |
0 |
92 |
0.0 |
91.1 |
2700 |
2 |
94 |
2.0 |
93.1 |
2800 |
2 |
96 |
2.0 |
95.0 |
2900 |
0 |
96 |
0.0 |
95.0 |
3000 |
0 |
96 |
0.0 |
95.0 |
5000 |
5 |
101 |
5.0 |
100.0 |
Applicant's summary and conclusion
- Conclusions:
- The distribution of outer/inner diameters, length and wall number of a multi-wall carbon nanotubes powder was measured.
The following results were obtained:
Outer diameter: D90=16 nm, mean value= 11.7 nm
Inner diameter: mean value=4.8 nm
Length: D90=2090 nm, mean value=1097 nm
Wall number: mean value: 10. - Executive summary:
The diameters, wall number and length distribution of a MW-CNTs powder have been carried out using a transmission elctron miscroscope (TEM).The D90 for outer diameter and length is 16 nm and 2090 nm respectively. Mean values of 11.7 nm and 4.8 nm were calculated for the outer and inner diameters respectively, a mean length of 1097 nm and a mean number of 10 walls were determined.
These values specifically apply to the tested sample.
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