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?
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It is true that it’s stronger than steel but only when you compare it by weight. It’s easier to explain if you compare the materials in the form of something like a stiff cable. This is realistically how the material would be used because graphene is strongest when you try to pull it apart. For example, say you have a steel cable that weighs 1lb per foot and a graphene cable with the same 1lb per foot weight. The graphene cable will take much more force to break. The main issue is that graphene is very brittle and so far no one has found any way to make anything structural with it because even the smallest defects cause it to be much weaker. If you just have a 1 atom thick sheet then the material would not be very strong as it would just bend under its own weight and break. You should be able to see it but feeling it might be difficult. As for it being bulletproof, I’m not sure. I would guess that with a thick enough sheet it would be bulletproof in the same way ceramic armor plates are and would maybe be lighter.
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