Sentences with phrase «stronger than steel»

From «The World of 2001,» by Arthur C. Clarke, in a 1966 issue of Vogue magazine:»... using wonderful new materials far stronger than steel, but lighter than aluminum... houses in the year 2001 will be able to fly....

It is about 100 times stronger than steel by weight, making it the thinnest and strongest substance known to science.

Kevlar ®, a lightweight fiber that's five times stronger than steel helps keep our armed forces safe and our police forces protected — and it all began with oil and natural gas.

Nikola Tesla invented an electric car in 1931 and Ford built a plastic car in 1941 out of hemp plastic, with plastic 10x stronger than steel & it ran on hemp vegetable oil... needless to say a few greedy traitors sabotaged our nation's progress, to personally profit from selling scarce death - based OIL, their prized monopoly.

Take the chair below, which is crafted from Dyneema, a textile used to make bulletproof vests that's said to be up to 15 times stronger than steel on a weight - to - weight basis.

Cornelia Parker is among those who have begun to explore the possibilities of graphene, the sheet of flexible carbon that is transparent, stronger than steel and so thin it is effectively two - dimensional.

The famous «77 step» manufacturing process takes two weeks to complete, and renders the lightweight aluminum chair three times stronger than steel.

Drawing on her background of making thread and fabric out of chemicals, chemist Stephanie Kwolek set out to create fibers stronger than steel and became the inventor of Kevlar.

To perform in these challenging conditions, the frame uses high - strength steel rated up to 70,000 psi — stronger than the steel found in some competitors» heavy - duty pickup truck frames.

Ford claims the new frame is rated up to 70,000 psi - stronger than the steel found in its competitors» heavy - duty truck frames.

BMW wanted to make the car as light as possible and, as such, it manufactures the body shell entirely of carbon fiber, a material stronger than steel yet lighter than aluminum.

It's constructed from ballistic - grade materials — the same kind of stuff used in bulletproof vests — which is five times stronger than steel.

Graphene is an extraordinary combination of physical and chemical properties: it is the thinnest material, it conducts electricity much better than copper, it is 100 - 300 times stronger than steel and it has unique optical properties.

Currently, Qiao's team has only produced small coin - sized samples of material, but these tests have proven that the material is very strong — stronger than steel - reinforced concrete.

The term «nanotechnology» entered into the public vernacular quite suddenly around the turn of the century, right around the same time that, when announcing the US National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) in 2001 [2000; see the American Association for the Advancement of Science webpage on Historical Trends in Federal R&D, scroll down to the National Nanotechnology Initiative and click on the Jpg or Excel links], President Bill Clinton declared that it would one day build materials stronger than steel, detect cancer at its inception, and store the vast records of the Library of Congress in a device the size of a sugar cube.

Perhaps the most promising research involves carbon nanotubes, which are 20 times stronger than steel and conduct electricity 1,000 times better than copper.

Like spider silk, the NIF yarns are stronger than steel and so gossamer thin as to be almost invisible.

Individual nanotubes can be 10,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair, yet 100 times stronger than steel, pound - for - pound

Researchers investigated the bricks» strengths and found that even without rebar, they are stronger than steel - reinforced concrete.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have become the first to 3D print aerospace - grade carbon fiber composites, opening the door to greater control and optimization of the lightweight, yet stronger than steel material.

Scientists have turned Martian soil simulant into a material stronger than steel - reinforced concrete through compression alone.

It is stronger than steel yet many times lighter, more conductive than copper and more flexible than rubber.

Research at the PPPL Laboratory for Plasma Nanosynthesis develops new insight into the use of plasma to synthesize nanomaterials — particles such as carbon nanotubes that are measured in billionths of a meter, are found in everything from swimwear to electrodes and have a tensile strength, or resistance to breaking when stretched, that is stronger than steel.

Electrically conductive, just a single atom thick and stronger than steel, graphene has all sorts of advantages.

Carbon nanotubes, for example, are tens of thousands of times thinner than a human hair, yet are stronger than steel on an ounce - per - ounce basis.

Nanotubes are stronger than steel and smaller than any element of silicon - based electronics — the ubiquitous component of today's electrical devices — and have better conductivity, which means they can potentially process information faster while using less energy.

They are the strongest and stiffest materials yet discovered — hundreds of times stronger than steel but six times lighter — and their unique mechanical, electrical, thermal and transport properties present exciting opportunities for research and development.

Graphene, a single - atom - thick sheet of carbon, is stronger than steel and as stiff as diamond.

The tiny straw - shaped molecules are stronger than steel, flexible, and conductive and have been touted as the right stuff for everything from chemical sensors to wires for nanoscale computer circuitry.

This means that graphene, which is 300 times stronger than steel, becomes mechanically weaker and can easily break.»

With a «honeycomb» structure the «wonder material» is 100 times stronger than steel, highly conductive and flexible.

If we can create an abundance of cheap carbon nanotube - impregnated composite materials — currently quite expensive — automobile frames could become lighter than aluminum, stronger than steel, and easier to mold into compound curves.

Since then, graphene has captured the imagination of researchers due to its fascinating properties: it is 200 times stronger than steel, is very flexible, and it is an excellent conductor of electricity.

The resulting gossamer web may look delicate, but pound for pound this quirky construction — called IsoTruss — is stronger than steel, aluminum, and titanium.

A bicycle frame holds everything together, and today's elite - level racers use those constructed from carbon fiber, a material lighter than aluminum and stronger than steel.

Carbon nanotubes, discovered in 1991 and now synthesized in many laboratories worldwide, have a tensile strength 100 times stronger than steel at one - fifth the weight.

Moreover, Kevlar is lightweight and five times stronger than steel, according to DuPont, the company that manufactures it.

Spun from polyethylene molecules that are 15 times stronger than steel, the fibers are layered in sheets, each one stacked at a 90 degree angle to the next.

They are stronger than steel, but the most important uses for these threadlike macromolecules may be in faster, more efficient and more durable electronic devices

Fortunately, researchers have now pinpointed the breaking mechanism of several monolayer materials hundreds of times stronger than steel with exotic properties that could revolutionize everything from armor to electronics.

Spider silks are some of the toughest materials known to man — pound for pound, they're stronger than steel, and their webs can stand up to gusts of wind and catch hurtling insects without falling to pieces.

Significantly stronger than steel, and an excellent conductor of heat and electricity, graphene is a highly desirable building material for electronics.

Scientists at Yale University have devised a dramatically faster way of identifying and characterizing complex alloys known as bulk metallic glasses (BMGs), a versatile type of pliable glass that's stronger than steel.

As they described in Scientific Reports in March, despite its glass - like structure, this material, part of a class called bulk metallic glasses, is stronger than steel.

Ounce per ounce, the tubes are 600 times stronger than steel.

Graphene is 200 times stronger than steel but extemely lightweight and...

In fact, it is five times stronger than steel!

Although the twine is lightweight, it is 15 times stronger than steel, and the artist views it's relationship with the surrounding hard - edge architecture as a «physical manifestation of interconnectedness and strength through resiliency.»

Interestingly, gram for gram silk fibers are actually stronger than steel, so with proper care a luxeport baby duvet can become a perfect heirloom, providing a lifetime of memories, comfort and enjoyment.

For example, what math was used to calculate the capability of dragline silk from an orb weaver spider that is lighter than cotton, yet ounce for ounce stronger than steel, tougher than kevlar (used in bullet - proof vests), that if the silk were 0.4 inch thick with strands 1.6 inches apart and enlarged the size of a football field, could stop a jumbo jet in flight, that is flying at an average speed of about 600 mph?