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 * __WHAT IS THE STRONGEST MATERIAL EVER MADE?__**

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__Response 1:__ Ivan R ­­­­­­­­­­ To answer the question, ‘What is the strongest material ever made?’ the answer is ‘Graphene’. It is much tougher than diamond, and is very expandable like rubber (It can be stretched by 20 percent without taking any damage). It conducts electricity and heat better than any copper wire and weighs next to nothing. Graphene - An astonishing new material that could revolutionize almost every part of our lives. For all these reasons, graphene is thought to be the both the strongest, and the most useful material of the future. Many researchers declare that graphene could be the most important substance to be created since the first synthetic plastic.Based on the properties of this extraordinary material, it could eventually lead to inventions such as mobile phones that you roll up and put behind your ear, high definition televisions as thin as wallpaper, and bendy electronic newspapers that readers could fold away into a tiny square and tuck into their pockets.

Graphene is made up of a thin layer of graphite, with a simple chemical structure of a single carbon atom layer, locked together in a strongly bonded honeycomb pattern. The graphite is chemically processed in various ways in order to mass-produce graphene in the most effective approach possible. The ‘miracle material’ was discovered in Britain seven years ago, and the buzz around it is tremendous. Last year, it won two Manchester University scientists the Nobel Prize for physics, and not long ago, Chancellor George Osborne pledged less than 80 million Canadian dollars towards developing technologies based on the super-strong substance.

In terms of its economics, one of the most exciting parts of the graphene story is its cost. Usually when scientists develop a cool new material, the price is very high. But the fact that graphene is made of graphite, (the cheap material found in ‘lead’ of pencils) makes it extremely economical. Every few months, researchers come up with new, cheaper ways of mass-producing graphene, so that some experts believe it could eventually cost less than 7 Canadian dollars per pound.

‘Carbon’ Definition: a widely distributed element that forms organic compounds in combination with hydrogen, oxygen, etc., and that occurs in a pure state as diamond and **//graphite//**, and in an impure state as charcoal.

‘Atom’ Defention: the basic unit of a chemical element

Sources: 1. Derbshyre, D. (October 7, 2011). The wonder stuff that could change the world: Graphene is so strong a sheet of it as thin as a clingfilm could support an elephant. In //Daily Mail//. Retrieved January 12, 2012, from []. 2. Hudson, A. (May 21, 2011). Is graphene a miracle material? In //BBC//. Retrieved February 21, 2012, from []. 3. Bourzac, K. (July 17, 2008). Strongest Material Ever Tested. In Technology review. Retrieved January 13, 2012, from []

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