Automotive technology is now developed further. If previous automakers still believe carbon fiber as a light but strong material, there are now more new material which claimed 10 times stronger than metal.
Material that is named graphene is developed by a team from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and supervised by Professor Wang Guoxiu is predicted to potentially be used by the automotive industry of the future.
This material such as publication of the Journal of Applied Physics is the result of processing of graphite which is then purified and filtered with certain chemicals which later transformed into graphene nanosheets.
By using these processes UTS claims the new material they found it six times lighter than steel but five to six times more dense.
In addition, these materials are also two times harder than steel and ten times stronger and 13 times more rigid than steel.
Extraordinary mechanical properties of graphene paper makes this material promising for applied commercially, "said lead researcher Ali Reza Ranjbartoreh as quoted from
"Not only is it lighter, stronger, harder and more flexible than steel but also the manufacturing of products that can be recycled and can be sustainable and environmentally friendly and cost-efficient in its use," he added.
If the material is applied in the automotive industry, Ranjbartoreh said that in the future will allow the development of lightweight vehicles that can consume less fuel, produces less CO2 emissions and thus reducing operating costs.
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