Re: Beanstalk sounds cooler
From: Steve Taylor (smtaylor_at_iee.org)
Date: 08/30/04
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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:28:52 +0100
puppet_sock@hotmail.com wrote:
>Near as I can tell, all of them require huge increases in the
> strength of cable over any material presently manufactured. Like three
> or four orders of magnitude at least.
No, more like 2..3 X Average breaking strain of current nanotubes is
~30-50 GPa. The highest recorded breaking strain was 63 GPa.
Steve
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