Table 1 |
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| Thermal degradation temperature (Td) andT5of MWCNTs/polyimide nanocomposites | |||||||||||
| Temperature (°C) | Pure PI | Acid-MWCNTs/polyimide (MWCNTs wt%) | Amide-MWCNTs/polyimide (MWCNTs wt%) | ||||||||
| 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| *Td | 510 | 515 | 530 | 540 | 570 | 555 | 525 | 520 | 520 | 525 | 525 |
| **T5 | 540 | 545 | 555 | 565 | 585 | 580 | 553 | 550 | 550 | 550 | 550 |
* Temperature at which degradation starts
** Temperature at which 5 wt% of the material has degraded
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