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10x Stronger Than Kevlar: Amorphous Silicon Carbide Could Revolutionize Material Science (scitechdaily.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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10x Stronger Than Kevlar: Amorphous Silicon Carbide Could Revolutionize Material Science::A new material that doesn't just rival the strength of diamonds and graphene, but boasts a yield strength 10 times greater than Kevlar, renowned for its use in bulletproof vests. Researchers at Delft University of Technology, led by assistant professor Richard Norte, have unveiled a remarkable ne

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (9 children)

Wafer scale material. Nothing to see here, move along.

[–] Windex007 3 points 11 months ago (5 children)

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

[–] CatPoop 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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

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