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The United States has discovered the world's strongest material, carbyne, which is 200 times stronger than steel.
2019-11-26
Introduction: Carbyne has been proven to be more than 200 times stronger than steel and twice as strong in tensile strength as graphene, which was the previous champion in nanomaterial strength.
Introduction: Carbyne has been proven to be more than 200 times stronger than steel and twice as strong in tensile strength as graphene, which was the previous champion of nanomaterial strength.
According to a report on the American engineering website on October 14, 2013, computational models from Rice University have proven that carbyne is the strongest material in the world.
Over the past few centuries, materials engineers have been dedicated to developing stronger materials. Metals once led the way, but in recent decades nanomaterials have proven to be the strongest materials on Earth.
According to a press release from Rice University, "Carbyne is a chain formed by carbon atoms gathered together, connected by double bonds or alternating single and triple bonds."
It is this simple structure that has proven carbyne to be more than 200 times stronger than steel and twice as strong in tensile strength as graphene, which was the previous champion of nanomaterial strength.
"You can think of it as an extremely thin strip of graphene, reduced to the thickness of a single atom, or an extremely thin nanotube," said Boris Yakobson, a mechanical engineering professor at Rice University. "This could be useful for nanomechanical systems, as sensors in spintronic devices, as a strong, lightweight mechanical material, or for energy storage."
Although carbyne has been synthesized at room temperature in the past, scientists have not yet found a method to mass-produce this material. If this breakthrough can be achieved, this new era of light and strong materials will impact industries on Earth and in space.
