Carbon bullets, radiation

Chinese scientists have created a super-strong, superconducting carbon fiber fabric that can be used to make astronauts' clothing, bulletproof and anti-radiation.

Only carbon is made from ultra-thin carbon tubes, with exceptional physical and electrical properties, 100 times stronger than steel but with a weight of just 1/6. Scientists have been searching for ways to weave fabric from carbon tubes. However, the fabric from the carbon tube lacks many properties of conventional fabric.

Carbon fiber. (Image: CS Monitor)

In addition, when the carbon tube is woven into the threads, the joints between them reduce the ductility and durability of the fabric. Increasing the conductivity and health of the fabric at the same time is not a simple matter. Additives that increase fiber strength reduce electrical conductivity, heat, and ultra-fine molecules that contain oxygen to increase conductivity but also reduce toughness.

Chinese scientists have solved this problem by creating synthetic fibers from carbon and plastic, so that the fibers are both healthy and conductive, researchers at the Nan Research Center for Nanotechnology Said Foxconn.

This fabric is very soft and has a strength of 5 times the steel, so it is suitable for bulletproof vest. In addition, due to its electrical conductivity, the heat is easily absorbed by the heat, which is suitable in very cold environments such as space. Carbon tubes can absorb a wide variety of electromagnetic waves, so scientists hope to create anti-radioactive clothing from the fabric.