Carbon Nanotubes
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Carbon Nanotubes
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 Research Cost: 3500
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| The mass production and implementation of ultra-strong, lightweight carbon allotropes. | |||||||||
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| By furthering our research into the manipulation of carbon atoms, we can now create a new nanostructure that is both far stronger and far lighter than metal. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are a new, artificial molecule, consisting of chemically-bonded carbon atoms rolled into a cylinder mere nanometers in diameter. To the naked eye, sufficient quantities of CNTs resemble a powder - one that can then be incorporated into other materials, such as plastics. One of the more obvious applications of this is ultra-lightweight armor and shielding - CNTs can possess 400 times the tensile strength of steel, yet only one-sixth the density. CNTs will thus be of particular benefit to humanity's conquest of the stars. It is believed that they could reduce craft weight by some 30%, while their astounding resilience and thermal deflection properties will greatly ease the pain of orbital re-entry, to name but one of the longstanding problems now potentially solved. There is, in addition, significant potential for the containment of volatile energies, as CNTs are also highly chemically- and radiation-resistant. Wide-scale implementation of carbon nanotubes will be a true game-changer for humanity's future. | |||||||||
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| Diamondoids • Deuterium-Helium-3 Fusion • Supercapacitors • Fission Pulse Drives • Next-Generation Aerospace | (100%)Nanotube Filament Radiator • (100%)Gas Core Fission Reactor III • (100%)Nanotube Armor • (100%)Vapor Core Fission Reactor III • (100%)Molten Core Fission Reactor III • (50%)Grid Drive | ||||||||
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| "When faced with a large problem, we must think small. Look to the mongoose, fearlessly striking down the king cobra, or to the Eurasian stoat, killing prey nearly ten times its mass." Chancellor Li Qingzhao, The Academy From her guest lecture at Tsinghua University | |||||||||
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| TITechTemplate_CSV • TIProjectTemplate_CSV • TIOrgTemplate_CSV • TITechTemplate_EN • TIProjectTemplate_EN • TIOrgTemplate_EN | |||||||||
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