The Biggest Nanotube Sheet In The World
By Nick March 1, 2008
A group of scientists from Nanocomp Technologies Inc. of Concord, New Hampshire, are the proud inventors of the largest sheet of carbon nanotubes, sheet which they plan to transform it into a space elevator someday. The carbon nanotube sheet measures about 18 square feet and it consists of a billion billion nanotubes and is 200 times stronger and 30 times less dense than steel.
This is a huge challenge but according to Nanocomp this is possible…we hope they will do it in this century. This idea of a space elevator is a technology which has a long way to go, but who knows?
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[...] Greenflame · Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture and faith from the… wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt A group of scientists from Nanocomp Technologies Inc. of Concord, New Hampshire, are the proud inventors of the largest sheet of carbon nanotubes, sheet which they plan to transform it into a space elevator someday. The carbon nanotube sheet measures about 18 square feet and it consists of a billion billion nanotubes and is 200 times stronger and 30 times less denser than steel. This is a huge challenge but according to Nanocomp this is possible…we hope they will do it in this century. This [...]
dude, you cannot say less denser, its not grammatically correct.
If it’s stronger than steel, let’s see you build a bridge out of it. That’s right, suckers!
“less denser”?? speak English much?
100,000 Kilometers left to go!
So, how much does this wonder cost, what can we expect in the ways of economies of scale, and how do we glue it up into triangular tubes? Does it come in oriented I-beams?
If it’s 200 times stronger than steel, why does it look like they’re being real careful with it. rolled up in some kind of fruit rollup wrapper, measuring devises a safe distance away, gloves, plastic lab coats, and eye protection?
I wonder how long the nanotubes are on that sheet. If it consist of nanotubes couple millimeters long it isn’t 200 stronger than steel. To my understanding the biggest problem with nanotubes has been that they can’t make them long enough.
you all are fools. IT IS 200 times stronger than steel BUT IT IS SUPER THIN even steel paper thin is like a potato chip.
Also theres a video explaining this science http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0