Comment on 10x Stronger Than Kevlar: Amorphous Silicon Carbide Could Revolutionize Material Science
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 10 months agoWafers 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.
AnonStoleMyPants@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Weird comment considering that graphene is regularly produced in wafer scale.
RememberTheApollo@lemmy.world 10 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.