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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Nanomaterials Volume 2012, Article ID 169262, 6 pages doi:10.1155/2012/169262 Research Article Effect of Carbon Nanotube Aqueous Dispersion Quality on Mechanical Properties of Cement Composite Larisa I. Nasibulina,1 Ilya V. Anoshkin,1 Albert G. Nasibulin,1 Andrzej Cwirzen,2 Vesa Penttala,2 and Esko I. Kauppinen1 1 Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University School of Science, Puumiehenkuja 2, 02150 Espoo, Finland 2 Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Aalto University School of Engineering, Rakentajanaukio 4 A, 02150 Espoo, Finland Correspondence should be addressed to Albert G. Nasibulin, albert.nasibulin@aalto.fi Received 24 November 2011; Accepted 6 January 2012 Academic Editor: Donglu Shi Copyright © 2012 Larisa I. Nasibulina et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. An effect of the quality of carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersions added to cement on paste mechanical properties has been studied. High-quality dispersions of few-walled CNT (FWCNTs) were produced in two steps. First, FWCNTs were functionalized in a mixture of nitric and sulfuric acids (70 wt.% and 96 wt.%, resp.) at 80◦C. Second, functionalized FWCNTs were washed out by acetone to remove carboxylated carbonaceous fragments (CCFs) formed during CNT oxidation. Mechanical test results showed 2-fold increase in the compressive strength of the cement paste prepared from the dispersion of acetone-washed functionalized FWCNTs, which is believed to occur due to the chemical interaction between cement matrix and functional groups (–COOH and –OH). Utilisation of unwashed FW