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BEIJING, Dec. 1 -- It is thin, strong, flexible and electrically conductive, on top of that, it’s bulletproof.
The "wonder material" called graphene has been proved to be able to stop a speeding bullet by U.S. researchers, according to media reports on Monday.
Graphene, which was discovered from pencil, consists of a sheet of single atoms arranged in a honeycomb structure. Scientist previously knew graphene was super strong, but they hadn’t test how strong the material was.
Materials scientist Edwin Thomas and Jae-Hwang Lee, now an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, led the experiment, in which researchers carried out miniature ballistic tests by firing tiny silica spheres at sheets of graphene.
The researchers found that upon impact, the sheets of graphene absorbed twice as much impact as Kevlar, the material commonly used in bullet-proof vests, and did tens time better than steel.
Media review said the graphene, world’s strongest material found by now might bring about great changes in many areas such as car production in the future.
(Agencies)
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