[Science Thursday] Star Crust is Ten Billion Times Stronger Than Steel
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Love stuff like this, such extreme values around the universe does somewhat remind that we're pretty well on this small planet of ours...
Neutrons stars are held together by the degenerate pressure of neutrons.
Its worth nothing that all the protons and electrons have combined to form neutrons, which are usually unstable. (certainly true in the core anyways)
The average size of neutron star is about 10s of km. The size of a large city like London but weigh more than our sun.
As a result the densities are uberly high, pretty close the density of a nucleus. Hence, the entire star in some ways is a nucleus of a atom
Its worth nothing that all the protons and electrons have combined to form neutrons, which are usually unstable. (certainly true in the core anyways)
The average size of neutron star is about 10s of km. The size of a large city like London but weigh more than our sun.
As a result the densities are uberly high, pretty close the density of a nucleus. Hence, the entire star in some ways is a nucleus of a atom
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Their version of strength is a bit open-ended though. How did they model the breaking strain ? Does it withstand temperatures/chemical reactions/high power radiation? What about compression, elasticity, Tension, Brittleness, Rigidity or hardness. Strength means nothing here.
By their statement - it just means its an extremely dense material - which means absolutely nothing in terms of strength. And the mere fact it is badly affected by a magnetic field means it has a very real weakness in it's structure.
From a bunch of scientists - a statement saying it's the 'strongest material' is just playing up to dumb people. Tell us what you mean if it's really that fantastic. I bet a perfect Carbon nanotube would kick its rear-end if you fired a teaspoon of the two at each other
By their statement - it just means its an extremely dense material - which means absolutely nothing in terms of strength. And the mere fact it is badly affected by a magnetic field means it has a very real weakness in it's structure.
From a bunch of scientists - a statement saying it's the 'strongest material' is just playing up to dumb people. Tell us what you mean if it's really that fantastic. I bet a perfect Carbon nanotube would kick its rear-end if you fired a teaspoon of the two at each other
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How much stronger is that than diamond then? And can we use it to build spaceships?
Sounds a little too heavy don't you agree?
Does it matter in space? I thought everything was weightless? Or does it create it's own gravitational field, and therefore impart weight to itself?
So where do you build the spaceship? Surely when it enters our atmosphere it could do some big damage.
Nah you do it in space. With massive space shipyards.
You'd literally take the planet you land out of orbit landing on one with that material
Yep!
You'd literally take the planet you land out of orbit landing on one with that material
Maybe that's the key to time travel! I think you're onto something here.
Do it fast before Nero gets here!
Just do it fast before Nero gets here.
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thats pretty awesome... now anyone wanna tell me how you'd get the stuff to be moulded into a structure usable for a ship?? I dont think your run of the mill blow torch would "cut it" bazzing!
