Green Options » fullerene http://greenoptions.com/tag/fullerene Posts tagged 'fullerene' Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:55:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Will Cool Cars of the Future be Made of Buckypaper? It’s Five Hundred Times Stronger than Steel (and Ten Times Lighter) http://gas2.org/2008/10/28/will-cool-cars-of-the-future-be-made-of-buckypaper-its-five-hundred-times-stronger-than-steel-and-ten-times-lighter/ http://gas2.org/2008/10/28/will-cool-cars-of-the-future-be-made-of-buckypaper-its-five-hundred-times-stronger-than-steel-and-ten-times-lighter/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:55:24 +0000 Lucille Chi http://gas2.org/2008/10/28/will-cool-cars-of-the-future-be-made-of-buckypaper-its-five-hundred-times-stronger-than-steel-and-ten-times-lighter/

Buckypaper is a material composed of carbon nanotubes. It is 10 times lighter and over 500 times stronger than steel and the “buckytubes” that make it up are 50,000 times thinner than a human hair. It is predicted by futurists that this material will storm the auto and aviation industries.

One of the best ways to make transportation vehicles more energy efficient is to reduce their weight, so the commercialization of buckypaper promises lighter, super efficient and much stronger vehicles.

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