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This may well be a very important and interesting discovery but I cringed a few times at the poor explanation of some of the science. Example: "a million times
by trishume 12y ago
This may well be a very important and interesting discovery but I cringed a few times at the poor explanation of some of the science.
Example: "a million times thinner than human hair, yet more than 200 times stronger than steel" the word "yet" suggests that it is very strong in an absolute sense despite being so thin. Yet in reality the comparison is to an atom-thick sheet of steel, which is not very strong at all. This strength doesn't easily scale, as evidenced by the fact that graphite (lots of graphene layers) is not 200 times stronger that steel. (note that my explanation of the science may not be perfect but it is better than this article)
- saosebastiao 12y ago> This strength doesn't easily scale, as evidenced by the fact that graphite (lots of graphene layers) is not 200 times stronger that steel. This is an even worse explanation of the science. On the level of saying that the strength of steel doesn't scale because I can bend pig iron with my hands.