Re: Add Water for Better Nanotubes

From: sanman (manofsan_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/02/04 

Date: 2 Dec 2004 02:25:43 GMT

This article has some good detail:

http://trnmag.com/Stories/2004/120104/For_pure_nanotubes_add_water_120104.html

Well, even if absolutely continuous nanotubes could be grown to the
length of a space elevator, if you can only grow 2.5 mm in 10 minutes,
then you'd be waiting forever to reach the 40,000km length.

Maybe the nanotube yarn approach will have to do:
http://trnmag.com/Stories/2004/120104/Tight_twist_toughens_nanotube_fiber_Brief_120104.html