[geeks] Carbon nanotube buckytape

[Nick B.]

On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 12:54:57PM -0400, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> 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.
>  Phil Stracchino       phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net

But only in one direction.  It looked to me it's closer to 30% stronger if you need the strength in both directions.
	Nick