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10x Stronger Than Kevlar: Amorphous Silicon Carbide Could Revolutionize Material Science (scitechdaily.com)

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10x Stronger Than Kevlar: Amorphous Silicon Carbide Could Revolutionize Material Science::A new material that doesn't just rival the strength of diamonds and graphene, but boasts a yield strength 10 times greater than Kevlar, renowned for its use in bulletproof vests. Researchers at Delft University of Technology, led by assistant professor Richard Norte, have unveiled a remarkable ne

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[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

Wafer scale material. Nothing to see here, move along.

[-] Windex007@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I don't understand that unit of measurement. How many football fields is that.

[-] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 5 points 10 months ago

Approximately 1.72 SB (standard bananas)

[-] Alteon@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Can I get the equivalent length in adolescent ring-tail lemurs?

[-] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 1 points 10 months ago

Ah, you again! My friend from Southern Madagascar! As previously discussed, at the NIST consortium on standards and measures, ARTLs are only to be used for standards of mass, and in cute memes. They ARE so adorable!!!

[-] CatPoop@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

10GPa is about 2 billion footballers piled on top of a football field.

[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

It's about 1 millifurlong.

[-] Aopen@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 10 months ago

Word "could" means it will never happen

[-] Tosti@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago

Defense industry will make this happen if it's viable. War industry drives much of this. So we will see

[-] jwt@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

I'd be more sceptical if it said "will".

[-] curiousPJ@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I wish the article gave better explanation to how hard it is rather than just stating that it's not brittle... Could revolutionize the cutting tools industry if it's harder than cubicBoronNitride (CBN).

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