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"Impossible" 2D material is light as plastic and stronger than steel
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| February 02, 2022
| Michael Irving
Posted on 02/02/2022 11:20:44 PM PST by Jonty30
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To: dinodino
# It would be amazing for the outer skin on the cockpit of an aircraft, if it meets the tensile and thermal requirements...imagine no heavy glass at all, just a complete 360 degrees of transparent fuselage.
Wonder woman was ahead of her time.
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02/03/2022 7:23:17 AM PST
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zeugma
(Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
To: Jonty30
Transparent aluminum, from Star Trek IV, with Scotty on the computer.
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02/03/2022 8:31:55 AM PST
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ro_dreaming
(Joe Biden is the dementia riddled, no-filter grifter he's always been - just now, we get to see it.)
To: dinodino
I was just thinking that one really good use will be military armor. They might be able to reduce the thickness of the ceramic plates and coat them with this plastic material.
It could take 10-15 lbs off of a soldier.
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02/03/2022 4:57:08 PM PST
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Jonty30
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To: Chad C. Mulligan
if it is truly two dimensional then it has no depth to it at all, so I would guess that it is transparent
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02/04/2022 5:04:04 PM PST
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dirtymac
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