Re: Sword made of Nanotubule composite

From: Peter H Proctor (drp_at_drproctor.com)
Date: 06/16/04 

Date: 16 Jun 2004 22:51:49 GMT

On 16 Jun 2004 02:09:19 GMT, "sleepless" <sleepless@stillawake.net>
wrote:

>"Peter H Proctor" <drp@drproctor.com> wrote in message
>news:can6eh021np@enews1.newsguy.com...
>> > What can it cut?
>>
>> It looked as though they left it unsharpened, for obvious reasons...
>
>If it had been sharpened, what would it be able to cut? Could it go through
>titanium like a hot knife through butter?

       Much depends on the composite. But probably not. Remember,
we already have a comparable material, diamond, that goes into knives
(e.g. in preparing specimens for electron microscopy ). As I
understand it, the main thing that a really strong material gives
you is the ability to hold a very fine edge. My wild guess it that
this sword would be like a Borker Ceramic knife-- really really sharp.
Though not near as brittle.

      Still, Some Japanese samurai swords could allegedly cut thru a
gun barrel and titanium is allegedly about as strong as good mild
steel. So ya never know.

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