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.
This approach could yield cables with the conductivity of copper but with a strength greater
than steel at one - sixth the weight.
Not exact matches
The shares are under pressure, however, after U.S.
Steel gave weaker -
than - expected current - quarter guidance because of operational challenges
at one of its production facilities.
A recent article in Caixin, a respected Chinese financial news outlet, said Bohai
Steel's 105 creditors included
at least three local banks in Tianjin and Beijing that were each owed more
than 10 billion renminbi.
In the past decade, the US had been ramping up the use of targeted tariffs to help protect the US
steel industry from unfair trading practices, which include selling
steel in the United States
at a cheaper price
than the price the exporting country sells it elsewhere (this is called «dumping»).
Well, hold on a moment: if China continues to grow
at past rates, China becomes more
than 90 percent of the entire global
steel market — which is unlikely, and so it seems likely that the iron ore capacity may be rising just as slowing capital investments in China cools demand.»
Through energy subsidies and cheap loans, Beijing has encouraged the growth of far more aluminum and
steel production
than it can use
at home.
At the time, most
steel - consuming manufacturers were small businesses, with less
than 500 workers.
At the conference the chair of a major tracker maker told pv magazine that the impact from the tariffs is less severe
than expected, given that they mostly applied to raw
steel and aluminum products, not the finished products that his company imports.
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?
To place this piece of
steel in a place of prominence, to hang on it all of the emotional response, all of the tears and gut - wrenching loss of a large number of people who believe, without also acknowledging the other faiths, and those of no faith, who lost their lives, does, in fact, send the message that this was US vs THEM, Islam against Christianity, rather
than the truth... that it was an attack against US, the United States of America, melting pot that we are...
at least that's the way I see it.
They are usually more
than $ 4
at the store for Quaker
steel oats.
Now that we can see light
at the end of the tunnel, I am calling all Arsenal fans to change tact while criticizing our coveted club, manager and players by substituting «satanic words» of «F» and «S» characters into words that can add value into the club's vein and
steel, write more articles that can encourage Arsenal players rather
than kill their morale, unite and dissolve abuses coming from rival club fans and club enemies like Jose Mourinho.
Anyone who looks
at the current League table can see that we are in a dogfight to get into the Top Four and they can also see that the Gunners have conceded more goals (26)
than anyone else in the top 7 places in the table so it obvious that our ageing back line needs some
steel to help us stop conceding sloppy goals from defensive errors.
They have a number of promising young centre backs who ought to be given an opportunity to prove themselves for the remainder of the season in the EPL matches.They simply can not be worse
than the rapidly declining Koscielny and Mustafi who can not cope with the likes of Swansea, Bournemouth etc. let alone a team like Spurs.The lack of
steel at the back impacts on our more attacking players as they know they need to score 2/3 goals to have any chance of producing a win.As usual Elneny has come in for criticism but the real culprits are our centre backs and Xhaka who seems to be a fixture regardless of being bang average.
Arteta deserves more
than just a mere blog vote, he's the real
steel at the center of the peak.
In other words, it's exporting
steel and aluminum
at a lower price
than it charges
at home, artificially depreciating the market and under - cutting U.S. manufacturers.
The state has refused Lackawanna's request for help paying for more
than $ 550,000 in costs associated with the four - day inferno
at an industrial park on the former Bethlehem
Steel property in early November 2016.
Commenting on the news that more
than a thousand job losses are expected to be announced
at Tata
steel plants later, Eluned Parrott, Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Economy Minister, said:
The push of a ceremonial plunger ignited 268 explosives
at 260 different locations on the grandstand, sending more
than 5 million pounds of
steel and concrete crashing to the ground.
Matrix estimates the project will bring more
than 3,000 jobs to the borough — 1,800 permanent and 1,400 construction — and plans to install
steel for the first building
at the beginning of next year.
Damascus
steel isn't always «just better»
than other forms of
steel, but because high - carbon
steel was used, the resulting knife is incredibly sharp with an HRC hardness level of 60 that makes it incredibly good
at slicing meat.
Carbon
steel excels
at conducting heat while being thinner and lighter
than cast iron cookware (although it is heavier
than stainless
steel and other cookware types).
To safely enclose and robotically dismantle the 25 - year - old makeshift confinement sarcophagus
at Chernobyl, contractors are now erecting a massive
steel structure weighing more
than 29,000 metric tons
At the nanoscale level, cellulose can be extremely strong, with individual fibers capable of withstanding more stress
than glass fibers or
steel wire.
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.
Today, the eight turbines
at the
Steel Wind project crank out enough clean, green electricity to power more
than 6,000 homes in western New York, and the 400 - foot - tall windmills have become a visual landmark.
The composite material is
at least as strong as
steel but around 50 percent lighter, and is 20 percent lighter
than aluminum, according to the company.
Any material works in principle, but even for stainless
steel the tether would need to be 1043 times wider
at geosynchronous orbit
than at the ground.
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.
We now stand
at about 20,000 known pieces of space debris bigger
than an apple — that is, an apple capable of ripping through a
steel wall
at 17,000 miles per hour — and there's bound to be more.
Luyi Sun
at the University of Connecticut in Storrs and his colleagues made an artificial nacre that is 60 per cent stronger
than stainless
steel.
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.
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.
At breakfast try eating oatmeal, preferably
steel - cut oats, or perhaps quinoa, rather
than your normal breakfast cereal
Not only will your lower body have to generate a lot of force quicker
than in the swing or clean drills, but your upper body will have to dynamically stabilize the
Steel Club in the Side Angled position
at the apex of the movement.
Opening a week apart from the more four - quadrant - friendly «Man of
Steel» in most markets, «World War Z» should post solid enough numbers
at home and abroad, but with a rumored final cost well north of $ 200 million, it'll need more
than a bit of kryptonite up its sleeve to push far into profitability.
And yet, in practice, «Real
Steel» turns out to be less toxic
than you'd expect, if you take it as a family picture aimed
at boys, which it is, and grant that boys have an endless appetite for robot smashing, which they do.
Director Shawn Levy («Real
Steel,» «Night
at the Museum») paces the movie well, and the gags are more consistent
than those in most Hollywood comedies.
If you follow Empire on Twitter, you'll already know that we spent part of the day in Hall H
at Comic - Con
at the Warner Bros. panel where Peter Jackson unveiled some new Hobbit footage, Zach Galifianakis and Will Ferrell laughed it up with The Campaign, Zach Snyder debuted a first look
at Man Of
Steel and Guillermo del Toro unveiled Pacific Rim, which features more giant robots fighting giant monsters action
than you can shake a giant stick
at.
With every setting
at High or above, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold
Steel II on PC manages to look much better
than it ever did on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita.
Having to travel in a country
at war, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold
Steel II features a different tone
than its predecessor, which featured a school setting.
Ostensibly based on the same short story that spawned the original Twilight Zone episode «
Steel,» it takes no more
than the basic premise (a future where human boxing has been replaced with robots, a down -
at - heels former boxer trying to get by with failing equipment) and spins a story of father / son bonding and a real jerk of a would - be dad getting a shot
at redemption.
Rather
than carbon - ceramic brakes the LP580 - 2 comes with eight - piston calipers
at the front with 365 mm
steel discs with four - pots
at the rear with 356 mm rears.
A carbonfibre roof weighs less
than a third of its
steel equivalent,
at 2.6 kg, while the use of aluminium for the front wings cuts weight from 2.2 kg to 0.8 kg apiece.
«You could say she broke the
steel ceiling, not the glass ceiling,» the former First Lady, U.S. senator and likely 2016 Democratic presidential nominee told more
than 4,000 auto dealers during a speech
at the annual National Automobile Dealers Assn. convention in New Orleans.
It's all about where weight can be lost without compromising structural strength: With butted tubes, that means building tubes that are thicker
at the ends
than in the middle, and using mild
steel rather
than «more exotic alloys».
There's a hard - to - ignore scale to the braking system as well, with enormous ventilated and perforated discs engineered in
steel rather
than carbon ceramics and grabbed by six - piston calipers
at the front, four - piston ones
at the rear.
The S model, expected to ring in
at just $ 10,990, won't have much more equipment
than ABS, stability control, side and curtain airbags, 15 - inch
steel wheels, and a CD player, with an option pack to add cruise control.
Removable carbon fibre roof panel, uniquely calibrated SLA - type front and rear suspension design, standard Magnetic Selective Ride Control dampers, standard smart electronic limited - slip differential (eLSD) integrated with Electronic Stability Control and Performance Traction Management systems, 19x10 - inch front and 20x12 - inch rear spin - cast aluminum wheels on Michelin Pilot Sport P285 / 30ZR19 front and 335 / 25ZR20 rear tires, extended fenders by 56 mm
at the front and 80 mm
at the rear, Brembo brakes (371x33mm front and 365x25mm rear two - piece
steel brake discs, aluminum six - piston front and four - piston rear fixed calipers), a front splitter, spats around the front wheel openings, a unique carbon - fibre hood with a larger vent, larger front fender vents and unique air blades over the inlets on the rear fenders, a larger unique rear spoiler, and rear - fascia openings that are larger
than the Stingray.