Other use of grahene. Not sure if relevant but saw in news thought of sharing
BAC Becomes First Manufacturer To Use Graphene On A Car
Written by Kritika Sethi | Updated: Aug 03, 2016 11:53 IST
BAC (Briggs Automotive Company), a Liverpool-based bespoke supercar manufacturer, first launched the highly acclaimed Mono supercar in 2011. Since then, both the car and its manufacturer have gone went on to achieve a myriad of milestones. Now BAC has become the first manufacturer in the world to develop a car featuring panels made from graphene. The British supercar manufacturer partnered with Haydale Composite Solutions to create rear wheel arches made out of graphene, and has been been busy testing the material on the Mono.
Graphene is made of sheets of carbon just one atom thick, and is significantly lighter than standard carbon fibre. It is also stronger than carbon fibre, meaning that it can bring weight reductions of around 20 per cent while being 200 times stronger than steel. These benefits could have implications for cost, performance and fuel economy when applied wider in the manufacturing process.
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