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New Supermaterial: As Strong As Steel And As Light As Styrofoam (hackaday.com)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/tech
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I have yet to read an “as strong as / stronger than steel” that wasn’t bullshit in some way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphene

[–] FizzyOrange 5 points 3 days ago

Yeah so far it seems to be stronger than steel in the same way that glass is. Where can I buy some graphene wire?