GeniuSxBoY Suspended 16786 Posts user info edit post |
The strongest material on earth.
You could stack 1,000,000 sheets on top of each other to reach a height of 1mm.
If you stretched a sheet around a coffee mug, it would be strong enough to support the weight of a car.
11/18/2010 2:14:46 PM |
quagmire02 All American 44225 Posts user info edit post |
now i want a graphene coffee mug
where can i buy one? 11/18/2010 2:15:22 PM |
GeniuSxBoY Suspended 16786 Posts user info edit post |
That, I do not know. 11/18/2010 2:16:23 PM |
Skwinkle burritotomyface 19447 Posts user info edit post |
I would like to somehow chemically bond it to my bones. 11/18/2010 2:17:23 PM |
GeniuSxBoY Suspended 16786 Posts user info edit post |
I would like to somehow chemically bond it to my boner. 11/18/2010 2:18:04 PM |
indy All American 3624 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Graphene is a one-atom-thick planar sheet of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice." |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphene
Neat.11/18/2010 2:21:39 PM |
gunzz IS NÚMERO UNO 68205 Posts user info edit post |
[old] 11/18/2010 2:29:17 PM |
Demathis1 All American 4364 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "which means that a stack of 3 million sheets would be only one millimeter thick" |
Quote : | " You could stack 1,000,000 sheets on top of each other to reach a height of 1mm." |
Which is it dammit?11/18/2010 2:31:31 PM |
qntmfred retired 40598 Posts user info edit post |
^
I'm beginning to think this whole concept is suspect 11/18/2010 2:47:38 PM |
Spontaneous All American 27372 Posts user info edit post |
I'm an aerogel man, myself. 11/18/2010 2:48:26 PM |
G.O.D hates 4 lokos 4694 Posts user info edit post |
I think I worked with this shit but it is very brittle and you have to be very carefull with it in the lab. 11/18/2010 3:03:46 PM |
JCASHFAN All American 13916 Posts user info edit post |
NPR Science Friday did something on this a few weeks ago. Fascinating shit. Science is awesome. 11/18/2010 3:05:34 PM |
Spontaneous All American 27372 Posts user info edit post |
Science. It works, bitches. 11/18/2010 3:06:11 PM |
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Quote : | "NPR Science Friday did something on this a few weeks ago. Fascinating shit. Science is awesome." |
11/18/2010 3:11:23 PM |
Schmitty All American 982 Posts user info edit post |
Make it at home! Just rub some pencil graphite somewhere and peel off layers using Scotch tape. Everyone's a scientist! 11/18/2010 3:22:06 PM |
G.O.D hates 4 lokos 4694 Posts user info edit post |
just read the wiki, yep we worked with it by providing (cutting) special silicon carbide backings.
we did some other fun stuff with boron carbide too, I think? we always got cool stuff from the physics labs from Cambridge and some others I can't think of right now. 11/18/2010 3:24:11 PM |
Spontaneous All American 27372 Posts user info edit post |
That's awesome! 11/18/2010 3:25:25 PM |
Wraith All American 27246 Posts user info edit post |
Damn son, 1 atom thick? That motherfucker must have some sharp edges. 11/18/2010 3:25:49 PM |
JCASHFAN All American 13916 Posts user info edit post |
^^^^ That was actually part of the Science Friday episode. 11/18/2010 3:48:10 PM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
sp3 bonded carbon is stronger. aka diamond.
This is the stuff I work with every day. 11/18/2010 4:23:43 PM |
G.O.D hates 4 lokos 4694 Posts user info edit post |
I too work with diamonds. 11/18/2010 4:54:01 PM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
haha, true 11/18/2010 5:05:54 PM |
Doss2k All American 18474 Posts user info edit post |
I too get my bling on ya heard? 11/18/2010 5:15:26 PM |