• Question: What is the strongest material in the world? How strong is it compared to steel?

    Asked by KKerge to Huma, Jack, Lucy, Miranda, Peter on 16 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Peter Boorman

      Peter Boorman answered on 16 Nov 2016:

      Graphene is one of the strongest materials in the world, and is many many times stronger than steel. Interestingly, this material is also one of the most conducting, so is potentially very useful for electric circuits!

      Peter

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