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I expect better writing from MIT Technology Review than to say something as vague as "stronger than diamond". I assume that they mean tensile strength, but it's
by mistercow 13y ago
I expect better writing from MIT Technology Review than to say something as vague as "stronger than diamond". I assume that they mean tensile strength, but it's important to actually say that.
- anigbrowl 13y agoJust as impressive is the new material’s strength. Liu and co calculate that it takes around 10 nanoNewtons to break a single strand of carbyne. “This force translates into a specific strength of 6.0–7.5×10^7 N∙m/kg, again significantly outperforming every known material including graphene (4.7–5.5×10^7 N∙m/ kg), carbon nanotubes (4.3–5.0×10^7 N∙m/ kg), and diamond (2.5–6.5×10”7 N∙m/kg4),” they say.