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It can be recycled, do not pollute and is light enough to float in freshwater |
A student at the School of Naval Engineering and Oceanic (ETSINO) of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) has developed a "nanocomposite" (nano composite) based on graphene, which could revolutionize shipbuilding composites.
Israel Gago, students of the Degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Systems will present a paper on the applications of this new material in the next National Congress of R & D in defense and security, to be held at the Naval School of Marin (Pontevedra ) at the end of this November.
The 'nanocomposite' Gago has synthesized graphene doping using a conventional resin, has demonstrated several interesting properties for the naval sector.
This material is more resistant and tenacious, with an elongation at break greater than 40% to the original polymer, and the time is light enough to float in fresh water.
It is immune to corrosion;
does not absorb water over time and is adhered marine life;
all components are recyclable and biocompatible, so it does not pollute the environment at all.
Gago has also designed a system for manufacturing thin films of this plastic, with a transparency above 95% and a roughness of only 0.8 microns, about 200 times less than the best naval paint available in the market today.
The numerous applications of applying this superplastic not limited to shipbuilding, but cover areas such as innovative 3D printing, personal ballistic protection or aerospace.
The Results Transfer Office (TTO) UPCT studies and corresponding patent authorship shared with several of his teachers, because of the high added value of the product created by Gago.
The discovery of graphene was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2010. Since then, graphene has marked a before and after in the world of new materials in general and of nanotechnology in particular.
Graphene is a composite of pure hexagonal carbon as a crystalline film of a single atom thick.
It is the most resistant material is known, and its thermal and electrical conductivities exceed those of any metal.
Although graphene properties known for postulating it to be the material par excellence in electronics and computers of the future, also has amazing mechanical properties.
Several research teams around the world have shown that the addition of small amounts of graphene at different plastics, greatly improves their properties.
Gago research pioneered direct applications of graphene in the naval sector.
Source: UPCT
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