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Graphene

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  • September 21, 2015 at 7:36 am #24834
    antonio

    Stronger than steel, super thin, flexible, so many options as to its use. The wonder material has now found its way into an obvious cycling application, tyres. Apparently mixing it into tread compounds to produce more effective and lighter seems the way to go, but is it? I have thought since it was first invented that puncture proofing tyres was the way forward, if the material is as flexible as stated then why not coat tyre insides with the stuff, or, laminate the casings, better still why not innertubes. Lightweight tubs and tyres that are puncture free and long lasting, what a dream. No doubt for business there will be a light bulb mentality that makes sure we don’t benefit.

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  • September 21, 2015 at 12:04 pm #860265
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    Al__S wrote:
    You also need to

    Al__S wrote:

    You also need to understand that “strength” isn’t a single property, and a material with a high tensile strength may not be tough.

    This.

    Torsion, tension, compression… not many materials are strong in more than one way let alone all three.

    September 21, 2015 at 10:45 am #860263
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    Al__S

    At the moment graphene is
    At the moment graphene is only being used in the form of micro and nano flake. There’s a lot of hype about it, but producing large pieces on any sort of useful scale, and incorporating them into composite structures, is still a long way off.

    You also need to understand that “strength” isn’t a single property, and a material with a high tensile strength may not be tough.

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