Thankyou Greg. Back to the drawing board... well, to the Buck knife anyway. Or possibly spider silk, even if not as an all-purpose everything-cutter.
Keith >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Keith Addison" < > > > > Anyway, isn't this what SF writers call a monofilament? > >Monofilament is only one molecule/atom thick in total from edge to edge ( >think of monofilament fishing line, not very thin, but, that is due to the >size of the molecule in the first place ). The Buckytubes have a thickness >of one carbon atom for each wall, so, that is two walls plus the interior of >the cylinder in thickness total. From what I understand of the technology, >the maximum diameter of a Buckytube is only limited but the molecular >strength of the material ( carbon in this case ). > > >SF > > monofilaments can cut through anything. If it's that type of > > monofilament, 500 bucks for a gram of it would be a good buy - that > > sounds like a whole lot of nanotube. > >That would be, if it was one continuous tube. Most are shorter that than >anyone of the letters in this e-mail. > > >Greg H. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> 4 DVDs Free +s&p Join Now http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/MVfIAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
