Thursday, December 20, 2007

Bucky tube is poised to become a fantastic additive for polymer composites

Bucky tube – an arrangement of 60 carbon atoms in the form of a soccer ball, was discovered accidentally in 1985. Bucky tube has incredible properties like high stiffness due to denseness of its atoms and toughness. An unprecedented combination of stiffness and toughness makes bucky tube by far the strongest known fibers in tension – about 100 times stronger than high-strength steel at one-sixth the weight. Many stiff materials are too brittle to be used. Most materials that are not brittle, such as spider silk, can be stretched about 30% beyond resting length, but are not particularly strong

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