[geeks] Carbon nanotube buckytape

[Phil Stracchino]

Nick B. wrote:
> 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

Well, yeah.  I *did* say "in the direction of the ribbon".


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