rmel0124 - 26-6-2011 at 06:49
I have heard of a material made up of carbon fiber, how true is it that it is the lightest and srongest material?
rmel0124 - 26-6-2011 at 07:01
what is the difference between carbon fiber and graphene?
Bot0nist - 26-6-2011 at 07:36
Check out Wikipedia. there is a wealth of information on these there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_fiber
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphene
bbartlog - 26-6-2011 at 19:14
Pretty sure that aerogel is the lightest (solid, rigid) material, inasfar as you can make samples impregnated with light gases that are then lighter
than air. But maybe you were just talking about strength-to-weight ratio? In any case 'strength' sounds so simple and yet as any materials scientist
can tell you there are many different kinds of strength.. tensile strength, compressive strength, shear resistance, hardness, creep resistance, and
rigidity just off the top of my head. Though they do tend to go together in some materials.
rmel0124 - 27-6-2011 at 06:53
i did check wiki..thanks
Is there any data about the strenght of graphene?