Ever since medieval times, we as humans have always sought out to find the strongest metal to construct things with and in the future so it is predicted that carbon nanotubes will be the strongest metal.
First off carbon nanotubes are a nano-structure that is comprised entirely of the elemental carbon. The carbon is not what makes a nanotube unique; it is how the carbon atoms are arranged within the structure. The carbon nanotubes are cylindrical and they extend like a tube. When you have enough carbon nanotubes placed together you get a metal sheet that is about 10 times stronger than steel and a little less than half of the weight. In the Industrial Revolution, the invention of steel changed almost everybody’s way of life. We can compare the product of carbon nanotubes to the revolution of steel back in 1800s. It will have just as much as an impact on the adventure steal, if not more of an impact on our lives than steel.
It will completely transform our lives and a material like this will do to our modern economy and the way people live. It will completely transform our lives and make life on earth different for humans. Carbon nanotubes will change our ways of transportation and our use of energy. Energy because it is lighter than steel we will conserve a lot more gas, and transportation because we will make more powerful machines by using a better material.
In the Industrial Revolution, the invention of steel changed almost everybody’s way of life. We can compare the product of carbon nanotubes to the revolution of steel back in 1800s. It will have just as much as an impact on the adventure steal, if not more of an impact on our lives than steel.
Looking into the future another way that carbon nanotubes could potentially bring to our lives is if we implement them into robotics and into computers. If we implement a metal as strong as carbon nanotubes into robotics and computers, imagine the efficiency of the computer parts? We probably wouldn’t directly use the metal that raw carbon nanotubes make but scientists are discovering more and more different variations that carbon nanotubes can be used as. For instance we have found a structure that is very similar to a carbon nanotube that is a better conductor of electricity than copper.
Carbon nanotubes will ultimately lead to space travel throughout the universe. We cannot travel the universe with very weak metals because of either intense heat or intense cold. We could eventually use carbon nanotubes on space shuttles to travel throughout the universe because of their diversity and strength.
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