The carbon of diamond is neatly stacked in a cube shape. Carbon nanotubes use carbon as well but instead stack their atoms in a hexagonal shape. The result is a material which weighs almost nothing, yet stronger than any material known on Earth, including kevlar, zylon, and titanium. It could be argued that carbon nanotubes are the strongest substance in the universe and that nothing will ever surpass it’s strength. Carbon nanotubes have a strength of 200 gigapascals, and to give a frame of refe...
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