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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 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Approximately 1.72 SB (standard bananas)

[–] Alteon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 1 points 2 years 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 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

It's about 1 millifurlong.

[–] Aopen@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Word "could" means it will never happen

[–] Tosti@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

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

[–] curiousPJ@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years 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).