[geeks] Carbon nanotube buckytape

[Dave Fischer]

phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net writes:

>http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050815/full/050815-8.html

>Continuous ribbon at 10 meters per minute.  30kg per square kilometer.
>Stronger than steel.

>Lessee ...  Space elevator, anyone?  And would you like a lightsail with
>that?

Stronger than steel by weight. So how strong is 30kg of steel
stretched out to cover a sq. kilometer?

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