I see articles about how graphene is this super material that can hold a ton of weight and is magnitudes stronger than steel. would the stuff be bullet proof? would you even be able to see it causes it’s 1 atoms thick ? can you even feel it?
In: Chemistry
Yes, you can see it. It absorbs about 2.7% of visible light. If you have it on something very transparent like sapphire or quartz it kinda looks like a part of it would have a very faint layer of dust on it. You can practically only see the edges easily due to the contrast difference.
You could not feel it. It is only one atom thick so nah, nothing you’d feel. Also like others have said, it is strong but still just one atom thick so its strength is so low that there is nothing in day-to-day life that compares to it.
If you have a sheet of graphene on water, it would be torn apart due to surface tension of water and air. That kinda gives an idea how weak a single layer is.
Source: worked with graphene for years.
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