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Composite plastics have high conductivity and strength

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Producing carbon nanotubes is extremely expensive and guess it's only going to applied to high end projects as detailed above.. It's a shame the nanocarbons can't be produced from the worlds domestic waste at low cost.. It would be good to see this technology applied to constructing domestic housing or even simple to erect shelters for disater hit areas and famine zones etc..

Posted date

1 Mar 2012

Posted time

4:18 pm

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