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Carbon Nanotube Composites for Lightweight Aerospace Structures

Quick fact

Carbon nanotubes are about 100 times stronger than steel but only one-sixth the weight, and when mixed into lightweight polymer resins, they create a composite that can outperform many aerospace metals.

Why this is interesting

Have you ever wondered how we could make airplanes lighter and stronger at the same time? Carbon nanotube composites might be the key to that seemingly impossible combination.