[geeks] Carbon nanotube buckytape

[Phil Stracchino]

Brian Dunbar wrote:
> In the second post ( 08-19-2005, 04:27 PM ) in the thread
> 
> http://liftport.com/forums/showthread.php?t=246
> 
> "From the article:
> 
> Especially considering the absence of polymer binder, the mechanical 
> properties of the aerogel-like and densified MWNT sheets are 
> unexpectedly high, which is probably a consequence of the interconnected 
> fibril network (fig. S2). [....]


Cool, thanks!

So at a first approximation, weight-for-weight in the direction of the
ribbon, the stuff is approximately four times the strength of
ultra-high-strength steels ... without a binder.



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