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Table 1 Properties of fibres and matrix materials [5, 13]

From: Comparative study of elastic properties and mode I fracture energy of carbon nanotube/epoxy and carbon fibre/epoxy laminated composites

Materials

Young’s modulus (GPa)

Poison’s ratio

Singe walled carbon nanotube

1000

0.28

Carbon fibre

230

0.20

Epoxy

3.89

0.37