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Post by drnovikov on Nov 1, 2016 8:03:55 GMT
I was quite surprized to see the amazing properties amorphous carbon has in the game. I used to think that amorphous carbon is soft, like soot or coal. Does anyone know of any real-life amorphous carbon materials that exhibit the awesome properties it has in the game? Oh, and I mean macroscopic objects, like armor plates, fibers, etc, and not some "nanoparticles" that could be very sturdy by themselves, but not able to stick together in form of an armor plate of some high-tech rope.
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Post by wafflestoo on Nov 1, 2016 13:12:02 GMT
Try cleaning the carbon buildup out of the crossover-passage of an old 318 V-8. You'll gain a new appreciation for just how strong carbon can be  |
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Post by goduranus on Nov 1, 2016 13:16:56 GMT
How about that black stuff on the bottom of a frying pan? That's sometimes pretty tough as well.
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Post by drnovikov on Nov 1, 2016 15:41:49 GMT
How about that black stuff on the bottom of a frying pan? That's sometimes pretty tough as well. It is very brittle, actually, and cleaning it is difficult for the same reason it is difficult to clean paint of a wall. It is not pure carbon, there is a lot of really sticky organic substances there. |
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Post by Rocket Witch on Nov 4, 2016 16:31:27 GMT
To my knowledge the amorphous carbon we have is essentially a load of short sticks of nanotubes that have been bundled together. They all point in random directions like grainless wood. Boron is the same I think (qswitched said it is 'amorphous boron', which seems to be an assemblage of boron fibres), with similarly incredible properties.
It may be worth noting that the state of material production in the CDE universe is very advanced, with material prices based on solar abundance of their consistuent elements moreso than ease of manufacture. Many components of spacecraft are 3D printed (a notable exception to this being the armour plating).
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Post by oprean on Nov 6, 2016 14:45:10 GMT
I read about it on the wiki, it's not really carbon, more like "imperfect diamond", it has various grades for each use in real life.
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