Monday 13 June 2011 7 amazing facts about Graphene

  1. It is lighter, stronger, harder and more flexible than steel.
  2. A sheet of graphene absorbs only 2.3 percent of light that lands on it.
  3. It has a current density a million times greater than copper.
  4. Graphine can stretch up to 20 percent of it's length, but is stiffer than diamond.
  5. It is the best thermal conductor known to man.
  6. Graphene is the most impermeable material ever discovered. Even helium atoms cannot squeeze through.
  7. Sheets of graphene oxide are hightly effective at killing E.Coli.

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