Graphene and Carbon

[sunseeker]

I've just been watching a program on TV about Graphene (an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick).

The 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, now both at the University of Manchester, for studying single atom-thick sheets of carbon, called graphene.

A breaking strength of 200 times greater than steel

http://www.mechanicalengineeringblog.com/tag/graphene-vs-steel/


Graphene sheets conduct electricity as well as copper, conduct heat better than any other known material.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/semiconductors/materials/2010-nobel-prize-goes-to-graphene-duo


Little wonder that........

Mickey Fulp's latest “Mercenary Musing.” is for carbon and he's investing his own money in a carbon start up company.

http://www.goldgeologist.com/audio/RobertGraham/MercenaryRadio20111128.mp3

In the good tradition of Jim Dines I hereby declare myself “The Original Graphene/Carbon Bug.”  

One of my holdings.
This is by no means a recommendation because quite frankly it's been a disappointment, but hopefully that will change (might be worth watching).....

http://www.canafgroup.com/s/QuantumScreening.asp

Canaf feels that this is a good base for Quantum to expand and potentially become one of the major carbon providers on the continent and eventually world-wide.

ATB