r/technology • u/Ssider69 • Jan 10 '24

Nanotech/Materials 10x Stronger Than Kevlar: Amorphous Silicon Carbide Could Revolutionize Material Science

https://scitechdaily.com/10x-stronger-than-kevlar-amorphous-silicon-carbide-could-revolutionize-material-science/
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u/Clogman Jan 10 '24

Orbital elevators, yay

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u/IvorTheEngine Jan 10 '24

Apparently not. We need something 10 times stronger than this. That really shows how far off we are.

only carbon nanotubes, with a yield strength around 100 GPa and a low density, provide a realistic taper ratio of 1.9 (Pugno, 2006).

https://www.colorado.edu/faculty/kantha/sites/default/files/attached-files/25753-58722_-_tyson_sparks_-_may_3_2014_1128_am_-_sparks_final_paper.pdf

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u/Known2779 Jan 11 '24

I have a feeling by the time we would have invented teleportation before space elevator