Graphene: The Strongest Material in the World made from TRASH? Discovery from Rice University. An update.

www.youtube.com ^ | 2 years ago. | Dr. James Tour

[Jonty30]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIbgauhV2Js&t=2s

[BrexitBen]

Maybe AI will accelerate the knowledge of how to convert trash into graphene.

With all the waste and trash available, graphene would be as abundant as coal.

[RoosterRedux]

James Tour is a great scientist and a great evangelical Christian.

[BipolarBob]

Food scraps, coal, plastics and even beer can be converted into energy/materials.

[Jonty30]

One application that I think the lower tier graphene would be good for is country roads. I work in a camp and they’ve laid down these hexagonal plastic layer and put dirt on top of it and it seems to help keep the road together.

Graphene might allow country roads to stay together longer.

[alstewartfan]

He and Stephen Meyer are among my heroes. 😁🇱🇷✝️

[TheThirdRuffian]

My best engineer and accountant are Rice grads.

Seems like one of the up-and-coming schools to replace the fading Ivys.

[Tennessee Nana]

My trash is priceless

[Jonty30]

What secrets do you have in your trash?

[Tennessee Nana]

So you have a top secret clearance ???

[MikelTackNailer]

The process requires significant electrical energy to reach temperatures up to 3,000°C, raising concerns about safety (e.g., electrocution risks) and the need for renewable energy to minimize CO2 emissions.

Silly Greenie Wienie, laboratories are for scientists.

[Scrambler Bob]

OH, not Graphene Maxwell

[ichabod1]

what’s a Chinaman eat? RICE!

[Afterguard]

Isn’t graphene the stuff found in the clotshot vaccine?

This seems like a better use for the stuff.

[Jonty30]

Graphene is potentially the new oil, because it

[Blueflag]

Sigh. Folks need to realize graphene is carbon, and the earth and our civilization has a LOT of carbon. Unless of course one is trying to decarbonize ...

Graphene- It’s a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice, just one atom thick.

Now, the trick is to manufacture it, form it, and keep it assembled as something useful.

[ryderann]

65-70 years ago I saw a film (news-reel?) showing a German company making “concrete” building blocks from trash/garbage.

[Jonty30]

Graphene is the new oil, because it has unlimited applications. If they can get the costs down sufficiently, it will be everywhere that one can think of.

Yes, vaccines should not be one of those applications.

[Cold Heart]

The early settlers in my area made the road beds out of round river rock. Basically they made the road bed out of marbles.