Comment on 10x Stronger Than Kevlar: Amorphous Silicon Carbide Could Revolutionize Material Science

troyunrau@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wafers get up to about a foot wide. That’s pretty dope for such a strong material.

  And what finally sets this material apart is its scalability. Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms, is known for its impressive strength but is challenging to produce in large quantities. Diamonds, though immensely strong, are either rare in nature or costly to synthesize. Amorphous silicon carbide, on the other hand, can be produced at wafer scales, offering large sheets of this incredibly robust material.

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  • AnonStoleMyPants@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Weird comment considering that graphene is regularly produced in wafer scale.

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    • RememberTheApollo@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes, but according to the quote it seems that production of wafer scale is “more difficult”, even if it can be done with some regularity. Difficulty doesn’t mean impossible, it could simply mean a higher failure rate.

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• Windex007@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t understand that unit of measurement. How many football fields is that.

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  • Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Approximately 1.72 SB (standard bananas)

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    • Alteon@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Can I get the equivalent length in adolescent ring-tail lemurs?

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      • Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ah, you again! My friend from Southern Madagascar! As previously discussed, at the NIST consortium on standards and measures, ARTLs are only to be used for standards of mass, and in cute memes. They ARE so adorable!!!

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  • troyunrau@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s about 1 millifurlong.

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  • CatPoop@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    10GPa is about 2 million footballers piled on top of a football field.

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