Re: Stretching Buckytubes
Steve Witham (sw@tiac.net)
Mon, 10 Mar 1997 22:55:13 -0500
>Buckytubes put under stress tend to unravel into one-atom-thick carbyne
>strings, which are stronger than the original tube, but also chemically
>reactive (http://cnst.rice.edu/images/tube1.gif). It would be cool if
>streching a rope made of buckytube would convert it into something even
>stronger! Probably won't work, though-- carbyne strands will react with one
>another.
Couldn't you just stretch it in a bath of something?
--Steve (not a chemist on TV even)
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sw@tiac.net Steve Witham
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