[geeks] Carbon nanotube buckytape

Phil Stracchino phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net
Fri Aug 19 20:12:57 CDT 2005


Patrick Giagnocavo 717-201-3366 wrote:
> They are conductive?  So basically you could re-wire your house with it?

I don't know how good of a replacement it'd make for copper wire.
Carbon nanotubes are, if memory serves, either conductive or
semiconductive depending on the alignment of the atoms in the tube.

I suspect you'd need a hell of a lot of it to replace conventional
copper house wiring.

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