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What Would You Invent With GRAPHENE??? | |
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| Agent Smith 2014 (OP) User ID: 54710277 United States09/02/2014 01:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A water powered rocket, that runs on water and air-pressure, Air pressure so high that no conventional high strength composite can come anywhere close to reaching escape velocity. But you can with graphene. Life is a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves. |
| Agent Smith 2014 (OP) User ID: 54710277 United States09/02/2014 01:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You could replicate the capability of the Three Gorges Dam, with giant sheets of graphene spread across a river in just a few days, instead of spending 10 years building a concrete one. Imagine the electricity making potential. Life is a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves. |
| Agent Smith 2014 (OP) User ID: 54710277 United States09/02/2014 01:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You could replicate the capability of the Three Gorges Dam, with giant sheets of graphene spread across a river in just a few days, instead of spending 10 years building a concrete one. Quoting: Agent Smith 2014 Imagine the electricity making potential. Not to mention, it would only be a tiny fraction of the cost, and a total doddle to repair, if in the really unlikely case it failed. ( highly unlikely considering just a sheet of graphene the thickness of clingfilm can hold back the force of an elephant balancing on the tip of a pencil. Life is a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves. |
| Agent Smith 2014 (OP) User ID: 58277895 United States09/02/2014 02:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Impermeable biospheres for colonization of Mars. Would be capable of being filled with a breathable atmosphere without the worry of it leaking out, and would also be impenetrable even to meteorite impacts. Could also provide electricity using transparent solar cells, and the people could get to Mars in a water pressure powered graphene rocket. Life is a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 62447199 United Kingdom09/02/2014 05:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ultra strong, ultra thin(a sheet of graphene is just one atom thick) Quoting: Agent Smith 2014 Let your imagination go. Don't worry it wont break, its really really really really really really really strong and quite elastic (stretches 20% of its length) And how conductive? dont worry its Ballistic conduction Yes, this is a really weird one: ambient temperature unimpeded" conduction of electrons. Thermal Conductivity Graphene now holds the record for conducting heat — it's better than any other known material. Graphene is also the most impermeable material ever discovered. "Even helium atoms cannot squeeze through. In a world where Grpahene was cheap and abundant. What would you have it do.. Heres my first idea. A parachute for a helicopter if it suffers engine failure. Also a parachute system for a jetliner of any size including the airbus A380. Super-cap battery! |
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| Dervish User ID: 56952143 United States09/02/2014 06:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hi rises over 5000 feet high. With skyways and hi speed rail connecting them at a hile high. Bridges made of graphene built in a week. Rocket engines of much higher temperature and pressure, resulting in higher isp. I know enough to know that I know nothing |
| Agent Smith 2014 (OP) User ID: 1546575 United Kingdom09/02/2014 06:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Also solar freaking roadways could be built IN THE SKY, but the solar panels will be even more efficient, and you could drive your electric cars on them that are far less weight that conventional or even carbon fiber cars, and they use super-capacitors rather than heavy lithium batteries. Life is a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves. |
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| T-Man Entitled title User ID: 58336870 Netherlands09/02/2014 06:27 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | well you say its thin but still. how heavy is it? could be great for a tent/new portable home. with heating. i mean you cant really ask what we would invent. you could use it in exchange for other materials that are already on cool products. like instead of plastic shelling well my mind is limited for now. but i will ponder this somemore! lol its hard to just invent something usefull and commercially profitable on the spot. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 27482751 United States09/02/2014 07:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ultra strong, ultra thin(a sheet of graphene is just one atom thick) Quoting: Agent Smith 2014 Let your imagination go. Don't worry it wont break, its really really really really really really really strong and quite elastic (stretches 20% of its length) And how conductive? dont worry its Ballistic conduction Yes, this is a really weird one: ambient temperature unimpeded" conduction of electrons. Thermal Conductivity Graphene now holds the record for conducting heat — it's better than any other known material. Graphene is also the most impermeable material ever discovered. "Even helium atoms cannot squeeze through. In a world where Grpahene was cheap and abundant. What would you have it do.. Heres my first idea. A parachute for a helicopter if it suffers engine failure. Also a parachute system for a jetliner of any size including the airbus A380. Super-cap battery! Lol this!^ |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 27482751 United States09/02/2014 07:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Airliners that are 1/10th the empty weight of present day jets. Quoting: Dervish Hi rises over 5000 feet high. With skyways and hi speed rail connecting them at a hile high. Bridges made of graphene built in a week. Rocket engines of much higher temperature and pressure, resulting in higher isp. Engines and vehicle parts that are more durable. |
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| Dervish User ID: 56952143 United States09/02/2014 07:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ok, Homes. 3 sheet thick with air in one chamber, vacuum in another. Energy efficient, cheap,superstrong. Vehicles, engines that require no lubricants. Super light weight. Super efficient. 15. Hp could move your sedan. Weapons systems, super high speed high energy penetrators. Space stations / lunar stations/. Mars stations that are much lighter weight. Able to be manufactured on site. Body armor,thinner than a tshirt, knife and bullet proof. construction, wow, i can imagine the buildings now. What would you build if ,basically gravity and strengh of materials wasnt an issue? Aviation? Get rid of tons of aluminum and replace it with this stuff.you would not need spars and struts, the skin itself is the load structure. When you shave 150 tons of weight off of a A380, you need less power, less fuel etc. I know enough to know that I know nothing |
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| Agent Smith 2014 (OP) User ID: 45423660 United States09/03/2014 10:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | How much does it cost to make graphene? Is it really energy-intensive to make and how long do you think it will be until we can make it in large quantities? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 62396286 Also they always talk about the space elevator being feasible using graphene due to its strength. At the moment it costs a lot to make even small amounts. But the cost is falling dramatically quickly, from month to month. I personally predict fullscale large quantity production by 2017. Life is a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves. |
| Agent Smith 2014 (OP) User ID: 45423660 United States09/03/2014 10:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yup and its already being done. Its being marketed towards Africa and India. And Bill Gates is funding it. [link to www.extremetech.com] Life is a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves. |
| Agent Smith 2014 (OP) User ID: 45423660 United States09/03/2014 10:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | well you say its thin but still. how heavy is it? Quoting: T-Man could be great for a tent/new portable home. with heating. i mean you cant really ask what we would invent. you could use it in exchange for other materials that are already on cool products. like instead of plastic shelling well my mind is limited for now. but i will ponder this somemore! lol its hard to just invent something usefull and commercially profitable on the spot. Its practically weightless. Its being converted into whats called graphene aerogel. Aerographene or graphene aerogel is, as of March 2013, the least dense solid known, at 160 g/m3 (0.0100 lb/cu ft), less than helium. (The cited density does not include the weight of the air incorporated in the structure: it does not float in air). It is approximately 7.5 times less dense than air.[1] It was developed at Zhejiang University. Allegedly the material can be produced at the scale of cubic meters Life is a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves. |
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| Agent Smith 2014 (OP) User ID: 45423660 United States09/03/2014 10:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ok, Quoting: Dervish Homes. 3 sheet thick with air in one chamber, vacuum in another. Energy efficient, cheap,superstrong. Vehicles, engines that require no lubricants. Super light weight. Super efficient. 15. Hp could move your sedan. Weapons systems, super high speed high energy penetrators. Space stations / lunar stations/. Mars stations that are much lighter weight. Able to be manufactured on site. Body armor,thinner than a tshirt, knife and bullet proof. construction, wow, i can imagine the buildings now. What would you build if ,basically gravity and strengh of materials wasnt an issue? Aviation? Get rid of tons of aluminum and replace it with this stuff.you would not need spars and struts, the skin itself is the load structure. When you shave 150 tons of weight off of a A380, you need less power, less fuel etc.  Life is a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves. |
| Agent Smith 2014 (OP) User ID: 45423660 United States09/03/2014 11:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I can imagine setting up an orbital cleaner, for all the debris that is currently in orbit, all that would be needed is a special satellite that can deploy a large graphene net, that can capture the orbital debris without being penetrated/punctured. It would need to be highly manuverable and trackable, so as to avoid active satellites being caught in its net. And yes when objects get caught in the net it would pull the satellite out of orbit, thats where its thrusters would come into play to correct it. A lot more complicated to do than i imagine, but i sure some genius will figure it out. Life is a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves. |
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