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Carbon nanotubes seem to be self repairing.
Posted by Rand Simberg at February 28, 2007 05:15 AM
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Note that the repair process causes the nanotube to emit carbon gas. I have to wonder how fast it would be at low temperature (you need energy to do that), how the repair process would interact with or be affected by whatever is tying the nanotube to something else, and how fast it would cause a cable made of nanotubes to lose mass or otherwise degrade.
Posted by Paul Dietz at February 28, 2007 06:57 AM
Another broken post. But, given that you had over a dozen posts yesterday, problems with carpal tunnel, etc., I can forgive you for a few now and again. :)
Posted by John Breen III at February 28, 2007 08:38 AM
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