[TXnMA]

RE our recent discussion of allotropes, etc., here's yet another carbon form with almost-unbelievable properties:

"Diamene" -- 'Wonder material' that is as flexible as tin foil but becomes harder than a diamond when it's hit by a bullet could lead to ultra-light body armour

Two (no more, no less) layers of graphene together can exceed the hardness and strength of diamond when stressed:

As I said, we now understand the elements of the periodic table fairly well. Now, the materials science door is opening into a whole new world of nano and micro-scale elemental structures.

Next? Products of reactions between nanostructures...?

We've come a long way in the last century. There's no telling where a culture with a few millennia of a head start might be in their knowledge and applications of materials...

[BenLurkin]

This must be what Galadriel gave Frodo.

[BenLurkin]

This must be what Galadriel gave Frodo.