Flash GRAPHENE [2020]

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From Trash To Flash GRAPHENE [2020]
Finding cheaper ways to make high quality graphene in bulk, took the scientific world by storm and so far, there are at least 16 different methods of making it but few of them are capable of mass production at a low cost and high quality.
As of current times the price of graphene per kilogram stands in between $67 - $200 dollars per kilogram depending on the overall quality of the end product. It is only a few hundreds of dollars away from silver at $579/kg.
But to bring the price down one would have to miraculously solve many of the other methods problems such as; be able make graphene out of almost anything that is carbon rich, get rid of solvents or chemical additives, no special environments like vacuum or inert gas atmosphere, and lastly it has to yield large quantities of usable graphene.
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[@offbeathiking]

Your hilarious dry text messages in corner or on places where you think youve just written an explanation are so underrated

[@Jay80501]

WTF is a dry text Message? Captain Insult

[@CleetusGlobin]

Jay80501, have you never heard of dry humor before? Presumably, because it’s text, it comes off as being dry (also known as deadpan), since you can’t portray emotion easily through text.

[@UnaRams]

@@CleetusGlobin the real gems here

[@spoonikle]

"make recycling financially profitable" As long as energy is cheap and abundant you can recycle anything profitably.

[@haworthluke]

Yes this is the way we need to look at most of our problems. hopefully, fusion can save us and do it in a timely fashion.

[@stefanb6539]

As long as pumping fresh oil is cheaper, plastic recycling is doomed. If the price of oil went up just a tiny touch, a lot of plastic recycling would be suddenly economically viable.

[@stefanb6539]

@@haworthluke Fusion, timely? Every new and improved version of fusion reactors takes decades to finance and build. IF everything goes perfectly well, there might be ONE energy positive fusion reactor prototype by 2050.

[@haworthluke]

​@@stefanb6539 "Timely" as in before we destroy ourselves, I'm fully aware these things take time. I would wager that you are about 20 years off though and we will have an energy positive reactor by 2030. I just hope something comes along because we are fucked if not

[@lucasatilano8008]

They could tax emissions to reflect the true cost

[@colincampbell767]

"With none of the problems." Translation: 'A new set of problems that we cannot anticipate.' Technological progress is - all too frequently - creating something that will create a new set of problems in order to solve existing problems.

[@cherylm2C6671]

Reminds me of Ambrose Bierce, “Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.”

[@luciferlyset7543]

Something to keep in mind: Even if plastic is recycled it is not necessarily recycled a second time.

[@luciferlyset7543]

@james83925 I got the point, but graphene isn't here yet so for now it's something to keep in mind.

[@skilz8098]

@@luciferlyset7543 No, actually graphene is already here, but it's in its early or infant stages and it is starting to gain traction. They are already starting to use it in Battery Technology...

[@MrRolnicek]

Graphene is the wonder material of the future that everyone wants to work with. That's true but apparently they all want to work with large sheets of it, ideally single grain (crystal) and not these microscopic particles created by this method.

[@635574]

For chips yeah hit many other uses dont require big sheets

[@witherock2886]

for instance the concrete strengthening can be done with small sheets, although I agree larger ones might yield better results, but still

[@martiddy]

The video mentioned that this method can be upscale to a bigger production of process.

[@MrRolnicek]

@@martiddy Upscaling means you can convert a larger bulk of material into a larger ammount of the same microscopic flakes of graphene.

[@Barskor1]

Look into microwave reformation of graphene you can turn the small flakes into usable sheets.

[@legotechnicmastery]

Liking that old STARSHIP version 😀 Are you a graphene scientist ?

[@SubjectZeroScience]

Classic

[@trishhart8766]

Nice. But please tell me those are used coffee grounds. We need to save the planet but not at the expense of coffee! lol

[@tissuepaper9962]

@Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath And?

[@pixelmaster98]

@Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath well, you can probably also make graphene from cocaine, but that's a little bit too expensive, I think.

[@PaulA-on2ct]

Hi, the coffee grounds were collected from the Rice coffee shop on our campus AFTER they had been used! Don’t worry, they were used to make delicious coffee before the staff gave them to us!

[@demoniack81]

@Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath lmaoing at your life.

[@RealPackCat]

Coffee - the new ethanol like corn. Coffee is already too expensive and so is corn.

[@idanceforpennies281]

The very simple economics for recyclability is if it's cheaper to manufacture the new product than to recycle old product, then it ain't ever going to be recycled. Boom. So expensive to produce, but very easy to recycle products like aluminium and steel are a no-brainer. Most plastics cost more to recycle than to make new. I don't know what the solution to this is, but those are the facts.

[@colincampbell767]

Heat it up till it melts and then inject it into depleted crude oil deposits? Basically - put it back where it came from.

[@steven21736]

@@colincampbell767 very high energy

[@skilz8098]

@@colincampbell767 How many times do various parents have to tell their children to put their toys away and to clean up their rooms? Yeah, putting things back isn't a natural human behavior, it's something that has to be taught, learned and reinforced through discipline... I don't see that happening anytime soon!

[@jaspercggroot]

i want to like this video more. It gives me hope for the future :)

[@camielkotte]

Maybe if we keep hitting like-dislike-like etc together we can mess up YT algorithm and have this vid spread like crazy??

[@WashingtonSanchez]

Basically Mr Fusion from Back to the Future, but for graphene (Mr Graphene)

[@asterlofts1565]

Back to the future reference?

[@SC-gh6gd]

Great Scott!

[@dakrontu]

Q1. Graphene particles are extremely tough. As a surface coating, they can be used to kill bacteria and disrupt viruses. Are they then a bio-hazard, like asbestos particles? Q2. Can you recycle a product containing graphene (which may make it extremely tough, almost indestructible), without massive use of energy? Q3. What do we do if air, water, and soil, are strewn with trillions of graphene particles that can damage living cells? What if they get into the food chain? What biological processes IF ANY within a living creature would be able to capture and render harmless the near-indestructible graphene particles?

[@xXtHeUnDeAd1Xx]

For Q1 since this is the element Carbon we're talking about, even if graphene gives off airborne dust, the element is much heavier than asbestos thus can't travel as far and fall to the ground much faster. I believe it's not a cause for concern unless you're breathing in large amounts of whatever breaks off. Let's say worst case scenario you would get lung disease but that's from carbon black, which graphene has a different structure to so would potentially be much less harmful overall IMO.

[@michaelleue7594]

Graphene is biologically active. It can be toxic, but it isn't non-biodegradable, and the amounts being discussed in the article this is referencing are well below dangerous levels.

[@dekutree64]

1. What makes asbestos so nasty is that it fractures into thinner and thinner shards, which also means more numerous shards. Graphene on the other hand is super tough, so it won't fracture. But it may still function as a single atom thick blade, slicing up your DNA the same way asbestos does. So the danger probably depends on whether graphene flakes can be contained in nodules (like silica dust, leading to silicosis if you breathe enough of it, but not cancer), or if they slice their way back out and continue damaging other cells. 2. I'm curious about this as well. My guess is no. 3. Yep, that would be a disaster. Definitely need some animal testing to assess the danger.

[@mrspeigle1]

I don't think it'll be that much of a problem but it's definitely something that needs more research graphene-flagship.eu/graphene-oxide-biodegrades-with-help-of-human-enzymes

[@gameresearch9535]

@dakrontu Graphene is made of carbon atoms, we are made of a specific percent of carbon, and we eat the carbon in our food. A lot of food is usually thrown away every day by families, such as dinners, which has a lot of carbon in it. Carbon becomes Graphite, and Graphite (also in our Graphite pencils) becomes Graphene. If you google search, trying to eat too much Graphite would just make you maybe throw it back up. If you eat lead, it's poison, so there is a big difference. And the worst Graphite would do, which was also given in an example, would be if you were to put a pencil down your throat, you would choke, that's the worst situation, because it's basically pointing out that carbon is safe, because it's in all living things (that we know so far and on the Earth). If someone asks if Graphene is safe, point to your window "required that nothing is in the way", and point to the grass and trees outside, which have carbon atoms in them, because supposed all living things on (Earth) that we know so far, is all made of carbon, or rather.. "all organic life" on Earth. Also to point out, other planets have carbon on them. Could other life on other planets be made of something else? Possibly, we don't know. After all, the universe is strange, things run backwards, even clouds on other planets, there are pink and cotton candy planets, and so much more. Also Quantum Physics where Black Holes brake down the reality we know, into possibly other dimensions. Because as Physics is updated and going into Quantum Physics, so too does our reality change with it "given the level of advance that we go through around us", otherwise the reality we understand is only seen different by what we know, once it advances then it changes all around us and clearly with what you see. Though our Universe with Quantum Physics, is far different than the reality we know (so far).. on Earth, which too is updated and going into Quantum Physics, Graphene and Quantum Technologies. Our body also has energy much like the flow on Graphene, stop and think about that with Protons, Electrons and so on. Once you start to understand that, you will start to think about Photons (light) particles such as the rays of light coming through the window or other forms of it that are safer, which is where Photonics will replace electronics = electricity = Electrons. Now imagine Fusion Energy converted to the grid being Photonics instead of Electrons. Also to point out, if we do create our own Photons with Ion - Trapped Quantum Computers, is it possible they don't have an electric charge? If so, imagine Photonics running through your homes without being shocked or chance of the house burning down. Spintronics with Graphene and Photonics would be amazing. And Spintronics with Graphene is already a thing. Also I wanted to point out that at the melting point for Graphene, it doesn't melt into a liquid, it goes through a process called sublimation, where it turns into a gas state. And so it can form back into Graphene with specific methods that we use for taking the carbon pollution out of the air now and convert it into Graphene, some companies are doing this, I don't remember where which companies. This means that if we had a space ship that ever started to melt into a gas "if it ever was to get to that temperature, which would not happen when entering the atmosphere of the Earth using a Graphene space ship", by the time it melts into a gas, our emerging technology would be mature enough to instantly transform it back into Graphene, but that's a ways off. Again you would have to actually melt Graphene to get to that situation, and so if Graphene ever flakes, at some point.. we will have the technology to shape it again, I don't expect that kind of technology to instantly reshape it any time soon. If you are interested in learning about Graphene turning into a gas at extreme temperatures which could replace SpaceX's rockets / Starships heat shields with Graphene as space ships, check out my other channel's playlist called "Graphene with starships". Go to my channel, find Technology Research and go there, check for the playlist "Graphene with starships". And then go to my Graphene playlist after that, don't forget to check out all the other playlists and playlist descriptions on my other channel for also articles and other info, links to official websites and so on.

[@TinyGiraffes]

0:26 wait wait wait. STOP I want to see you name every single item with plastic in it

[@apexshinbi638]

Cant render a multi-day video

[@wolfbear7]

Desalination using graphene alone will change the world.

[@alephkasai9384]

@Froggy Noddy Can't graphene help immensely with solar panel efficiency? Or was that CNT?

[@0cool966]

The problem is easy to solve. Ban selling most fresh food in plastic, ban selling soda in plastic, etc. When I was young all soda was in glass, food like meat was sold at butchers wrapped in paper. Also make companies pay for plastic recycling upfront. In fact all companies should have recycling plan for what they sell and if they don't have it, they should not be able to sell it.

[@widget3672]

Man, I love these videos - so much depth and detail, beautiful illustrations and not too sensationalist when handling new-science subjects. I'm glad your channel exists.

[@AraAra-zc2eb]

I foresee a shock movie by Michael Moore denouncing graphene pollution in the near future.

[@Barskor1]

The funny thing is every Moore movie was done with the same BS levels.

[@feuerderveranderung6056]

To be honest, Graphen can probably act like coal dust or asbestos, if it enters the lung.

[@NikolaNevenov86]

what I'm missing in that video, is the visual explanation of what happens during the Flash process. How does the carbon waste becomes graphene and how it structures itself to be of good quality.

[@koningsbruggen]

Same

[@adarshsrivastav2925]

During flash all bond get broken and carbon rearrange itself in graphene and fill it's void by other elements present in plastic.

[@royk7712]

its a new tech, maybe its not fully tested under electron microscope yet

[@the_phoenix__08]

This technique can be used on NASA lunar base and Spacex martian base for recycling plastic they brought to produce graphene which will make them achieve 80% sufficiency and combined with 3D printing technology it can help them produce all types of tools and material they need there.

[@SickPrid3]

yeah, yeah. We know, the almighty graphene is* coming to commercial manufacturing *is never

[@Vit-Pokorny]

just like Geometry Dash 2.2 update

[@tstcikhthyss]

No such thing as "metric tonnes". It's either _tonnes_ or _metric tons_ , but really just tonnes, as "metric tons" is an invented word used in the US to distinguish from short/US customary tons. You seem to switch between "tons", "metric tons", "tonnes", and "metric tonnes" all in the same video; just avoid the whole issue by using the official unit _megagrams_ . Also, the symbol for kilograms is kg, not "KG".

[@towakin7718]

Yeah, it'll make recycling economically viable, because coal is so damn expensive...

[@mikloscsuvar6097]

😁

[@lemlem7442]

People in 2020: Wow, graphene is cool you know, I would love these super fast batteries... People in 2100: NoW yOU CaN UNlocK PhOne wiTH YOur BuTT :DDDDDDD

[@dr.zoidberg8666]

Bold of you to assume we'll still be using phones 80 years from now.

[@pifdemestre7066]

@@dr.zoidberg8666 I think we (human) will still use phone in 80 years, but it will be something completely unrelated to actual phones. Maybe a hat or something.

[@dr.zoidberg8666]

@@pifdemestre7066 Imho it's most likely that we're gonna move towards a BCI/AR interface -- something like Neuralink paired with AR contact lenses.

[@davidhuertas5089]

Still. can't believe how undersubscribed this insightful deep and elegant this channel is, truly a hidden gem.

[@jamesN6450]

KZbin doesn't prioritize quality content anymore

[@vgames1543]

Interesting as always👍 Say, could you make videos on other Metamaterials like for example Aerogel as well?

[@MrUmbraya]

Could you have a liquid carbon source flow into the chamber for flash graphene? If so you could let multiplex the inlet with two solutions: carbon rich and chamber purge. The second fluid could wash the chamber after the reaction and push the graphene further down the process line. Right? Or is liquid carbon suspension a bad idea for some reason I can't think of?

[@rahulbindhu]

Maybe H2 generation from the liquid pose a threat

[@sdgreen4580]

Too good to be true. We'll end up trading plastic for graphene pollution that is 1000 times stronger.

[@mikloscsuvar6097]

The situation is not hopeless. Our victator Viktor Orban get Budapest's biggest football stadium rebuilt. The present 60% of the building's concrete mass is made of the old concrete. It just must be prescribed not to dump waste concrete.

[@jmd1743]

Turns our dumps into gold mines.

[@loungelizard836]

Incineration is better than recycling currently. It's clean and is used to generate electricity.

[@MichaelPontisso-mx1bq]

never going to happen all of this is bs. Too much cost

[@samuelatancha4591]

What if we use capacitors to get high volts and amps 🤔 ?

[@aimfail]

Anybody want to help start a graphene manufacturing plant? I have access to high amounts of coffee grounds and other food waste.

[@roberthephner6504]

I live in Mi and am interested in starting up graphene plant. Bob

[@frozen_byte]

- Introducing Flash - No, not the one from DC though - oh! You mean the one from AC?

[@lamebubblesflysohigh]

what to do with all that graphene when we are over it with something better?

[@geoffreykail9129]

How do they separate the graphine from the rest of the waste?

[@noalear]

Probably burn it off and/or chemically dissolve everything else.

[@Poklaz1]

I think politics should incentive the recycling processes to make them more profitable than new products. For this reason is important to vote someone who cares about environment and who would enact such politics.

[@no_mnom]

Typo at 3:26 anyone?

[@Muuip]

Building recycling industry on dumping sites to grind down all materials to their basics elements to create new, better and environmentally safe materials. 👍

[@SD-tj5dh]

If we could put all our plastic into space and encouraged it all to gravitate together.. could we make a new moon? Maybe a satellite of waste plastic that can attract other space junk? Roll with me here. I think I'm onto something.

[@SubjectZeroScience]

i think you could call it the moon trashtlantis.

[@SD-tj5dh]

BINGO. Let's get it made.

[@theoriginalsoundwavesurfer1814]

Oh my goodness... If we used this on all sorts of plant matter, we could use it to remove carbon from the cycle, thus reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere! We could literally turn the thing that is slowly killing our planet into an environmentally friendly battery they can also serve to help us create better building materials!

[@VictorSadkov]

Congratulations with the first sponsored video!!!

[@LooseGripHandle]

I produced this experiment once at home. I was young and messing around with high voltage. I had some wires to hookup to a little light bulb and thought that 9v battery just wasn't enough. So i plugged it straight into the mains of the house 240v. And Boom, a very white flash and tripped fuses... Little did i know i had basically created graphene within the light bulb. I was 9 Years old.

[@sjsn2002]

Same 😂

[@SombreroLAW]

Petition to rename subject zero to just graphene things Sick content by the way keep going my guy

[@funny-video-YouTube-channel]

Could work, if the original material is very dry.

[@coreymerrill3257]

Wash the material with pure ethinol and that will dry it

[@concept.wise.software.design]

Hey can i get your Instagram/whatsapp/FB user id? I have to ask a few things on graphene for my project

[@1SmokedTurkey1]

This has already been demonstrated to work. Nothing theoretical about it.

[@aldrinrey4322]

@@concept.wise.software.designhow much the machine to make graphene?

[@abdelrahmanmohammed9405]

Time to mass produce graphene superconductors

[@pobembe1958]

This process is so Fantastic, so Easy, so Cheap......So, How Come NOBODY is doing it already?

[@streetwind.]

I hope this works, because graphene is threatening to slide off into fusion territory. Mass production is always 10 years away...

[@dr.zoidberg8666]

It's threatening to make tangible & measurable advancements year after year that nonetheless go unappreciated & mocked by the general public?

[@johnviljoen271]

love the vid, but watch this never get off the ground lol

[@michaelleue7594]

The inventors have already started a company for production, I remember reading about it a few months ago. And MIT has taken inspiration from this work and has developed a roll-to-roll process using a parylene substrate which will be much more expensive to implement but is looking likely to be able to produce the holy grail of graphene: a scalable sheet. The progress is real, and marketable, even if it'll be in its infancy for a while.

[@farmer8102]

@@michaelleue7594 buy stock

[@mrspeigle1]

@@farmer8102 only if it's publicly available, generally when it's in the start-up phase something like this is only available to a qualified investor.

[@farmer8102]

@@mrspeigle1 yeah that makes sense. Limit who can make a solid investment in the future of humanity. Have to use someone qualified to spend other peoples money, while that person makes more than the actual investor on that capital . b.s.

[@dr.zoidberg8666]

The amount of people who believe that entrepreneurs hate making money is astounding.

[@youssefbenyounes5563]

just like back to the future engine trash except this takes energy to make battery we should find a way to turn battery into flash

[@joyyan866]

Look at the graphene structure, 6 points, 6 lines, and many of these sixes. That's the mark of the beast 666. Also what can cause pain (Revelation 16:10) and “a noisome and grievous sore” (Revelation 16:2)? Only something medicinal can cause these. Not a chip implant. Also human body is 18% carbon. So therefore "a man's number" is also 666. (Revelation 13:18）“The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before that great and notable Day of the Lord come: And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (‭‭Acts‬ ‭2:20-21‬)

[@k.chriscaldwell4141]

Expected science, got mostly propaganda! He starts off listing the wonderful things made with plastics, and then, at 0:21, slips in _"And the problem only seems to be getting worse."_ The propaganda just continues on from there. How would you feel if you were bombarded with religious doctrine in what was supposed to be a science oriented video?! Avoid the propaganda, stick to the science. If you must propagandize, make a separate video.

[@DrSanaullahkhan98]

What a great idea and a great demonstration, too the point practical approach ,which can bring initiative at the level to participate in graphene production, all the best and keep it up....

[@ChristopherSchreib-yn1vu]

What if they retrofitted a very powerful electrical ‘grounding’ wired to the metal surfaces the Graphene deposits upon, by hot wiring it to a nearby electric power plant generator, while emitting electricity at the trash materials to be converted into Graphene via stepped-up microwave pulses, to ‘Brute Force’ the instantaneous Graphene layer formation?

[@justinw1765]

Ah, sugar contains A LOT of carbon, as anyone who has done the sulfuric acid dehydration of sugar knows (the sulphuric acid super dehydrates the sugar--pulls out the water leaving behind almost pure carbon). Sugar is super cheap and easy to get.

[@KurdtMk2]

So, let me get this straight - we're having plastic waste problem because we make a lot of it, most of it decomposes very slowly, and most of it is uneconomical to recycle. And there's a chance we'll be able to turn it into graphene. Which might eventually replace some/most plastic. So, thinking a little ahead, if it becomes true at some point ... won't we have the same problem with graphene waste? How long does it decompose / how easy (cheap) is it to recycle...?

[@ReadTheShrill]

Graphene would be terrible for the environment. It's practically indestructible, and very light, which means very small pieces can float in the air, a lot like asbestos. And just like asbestos, when it gets in your lungs, it tears the hell out of them. Graphene must be made in large sheets that you can't inhale or swallow, or not at all. Tiny bits of graphene would be very dangerous.

[@TheEpicRandomGuy]

At 7:19 when you said “in theory” it set off siri on my phone.

[@pigtailsboy]

Can we replace plastic products with graphene then? Will it have the versatility of the plastics we use today? Will it expand on what plastics have the potential to offer in the future? If the answers to those questions are uncomfortable then maybe it would be sensible actually properly recycle all our plastics, damn the cost, as supporting the output and eradicating unsustainable substances to create a more sustainable substance is nonsense. It seems like many processes we've been engaging in have involved the misuse of a lot of material. We're more advanced than this. We have better methods and we're letting economic promise and obstacles ruin everything because it won't profit anyone. There are many endeavors that offer no profit other than they improve upon our experience and not or financial solvency. I despise this kind of thinking when it concerns such important factors as the imbalance of our industrialized world.

[@ME-wy1io]

If we make too much graphene, would it become another environmental problem like plastic? As far as my understanding this new element would be almost non destructive and might cause bigger problem then plastic.

[@garyz777]

Can graphene be destroyed? What if there are destructive aspects to graphene that we don't know about? It seems to me that it would be easy for sheets of graphene to become loose in the environment. Since a sheet of graphene can be one atom thick, imagine the damage sheets of graphene floating around in our environment can do. Doesn't seem like a good idea to inhale graphene as it would be the sharpest blade in the world and could wreak havoc on our lungs. Or what's to stop an invisible large enough sheet of graphene from floating around cutting people in half or removing limbs, damaging eyes, etc? I think the number one safety issue with this new super material - that I'm extremely excited about - will be making sure it doesn't escape into the environment. Working out how we secure graphene should be solved and enforced before we start mass producing it, I think.

[@michelbisson6645]

I do diesel and syngas with non recycled plastic now.hard to get through all the red tape, graphene is interesting but c60 very interesting to.a 6 millions$ plants when all regulation is filed plant cost 30 millions...very hard..

[@alexandersalz5850]

please dont use anything organic like food waste... thats lost biomass... and for plastic im kinda concerned about the byproducts :/

[@spencerreppe7558]

If you can get people to give you trash and you can profit from their trash (Making Flash Graphene) and in return give the people that give you trash a bit of money you could become rich.

[@robertmyers4837]

Go back to glass more jobs... Less bs... Problem solved.... Or just keep makin the problem more complex... Just like how when u open ur hood n u dont even see the motor

[@haworthluke]

Why sensationalize the cost of graphene? I get you, it is technically only a few hundred dollars away from silver but that equates to almost three times its actual cost per kg. We use materials on an industrial scale which are much more expensive than silver. I think two hundred dollars on the kilo is brilliant progress given the time we have had to develop and commercialize this technology.

[@SubjectZeroScience]

Not sensationalism, just a reference for people to understand why the graphene hype.

[@ltsky311]

The Rice method uses a vacuum chamber, which you disqualified in your opening statement.

[@cmw3737]

What happens when the world is covered in graphene?

[@iwiffitthitotonacc4673]

Since it's pure carbon it'll probably not damage the ecosystem, granted the sheets are small enough to not cut through our internal organs lol

[@michaelleue7594]

The idea that graphene is "indestructible" is plain incorrect. Graphene has very high tensile strength, but it can be destroyed easily with simple torsion. We aren't talking about "stronger plastic" here. It's called a 2d material for a reason: making something like a bag or a can or a support pillar out of the stuff isn't plausible. It wouldn't be graphene then, but graphite, which nobody is worried about for the obvious reason that there's already literally thousands of tons of it naturally occurring in the world and it has never caused a problem. Graphene's uses are technical and supplementary.

[@jesusm1583]

Why would be required to be a quartz Cristal? Any other material able of withstand those temperature would work even we lose the transparency?

[@Dangurt]

Adding graphene to concrete means saved money for the consumer, not the producer.. so.. why would producers want to sell less concrete? It always comes down to money.

[@gareth5000]

I thought of a good way to get rid of all rubbish, pour molten iron onto it to make steel and alloys!

[@Aermydach]

In the future, instead of billions of tonnes of plastic waste to deal with, we'll have billions of tonnes of dumped graphene.

[@KillerBill1953]

I expect graphene being mass produced is about as far away as nuclear fusion, 20 to 30 years.

[@johnsavage8873]

Better battery? When you don't need but but one. The auto industry has refused to given people self charging for over a hundred years and still is doing it.

[@yay-cat]

Ha! but how will we recycle graphene!? (I’m only half joking)

[@shauljonah6955]

Even just using recycled plastic in concrete is better than none it makes it stronger as it is then a composite material. Which is stronger. That was shown in another video.

[@fluffypinkpandas]

if you make a strong graphene material the only way to recycle it is with an ultrasonic in an acetone bath for weeks

[@vinothgopalakrishnan8698]

Any machines been manufactured yet, to produce flash graphene.

[@govindwikenmo3571]

Try to be vegetarian or vegan for u r own sake love and respect for all animals and humans beings.

[@YouChube3]

Thank you, great video

[@AlexanderDRamos]

get ready for a new pokemon go movement but instead of pokemons its plastic trash to use for graphene

[@heaven4247]

This and all problems will be solved After they Removal all Money.

[@alphaomegia3589]

I will ask you again, i want you to work for me, i will pay double of what you make now

[@PalimpsestProd]

Is "Beans" an accredited teaching institution?

[@1982gonz]

Talking about strengthening corcrete: already in 2010 scientific studies demonstrated that Nanocellulose (from any plant, grass or vegetal) inclusion at 0,01% increases concrete strenght by 50% as welll as its resistance to torsion ... no comparision with graphene, not even on the production cost side ... Nanocellulose it's WAY WAY BETTER

[@omechron]

Flash graphene makes graphene out of any carbon rich source you say? Wouldn't that also include... people? Is that what biomass means? How amazing would it be to have your body made into the next generation of graphics cards? Or part of the next space shuttle? Hell, anything useful? I need to update my will.

[@jcjensenllc]

You must work for plastics industry. Better solution - charge a 100% carbon tax for plastics that are not recyclable.

[@BenkleryDev]

*everyday liefes disappears and you need to live in the amazon forest*

[@nickname3114]

Dealing with dry materials can be a pain in the U know what dust can quickly clog up even the best designed machines even under high pressure, it would be much more practical to use low pressure or in a liquid state for the conversion. No liquid I know of can flash at 3000K, diesel comes no where near it. Either way I'm thinking distilled water to flush out conversion chamber. What chemicals produce high heat under intense pressure? Call it a combustion graphene engine. Done how hard is it at the same time U can produce electricity bringing costs down even more.

[@justinw1765]

I'm wondering if one uses a 1250 watt microwave, combined with a super insulated microwave kiln, if you can get a similar effect--though it would take longer? Basically the trick here seems to be heating to a very high temp with a no or super low oxygen atmosphere (i.e. "inert"). The great thing about microwaves is that if you already have a carbon, the carbon itself directly heats up being a microwave susceptor. To get it very, very hot, you just need the most powerful microwave you can get, along with a very insulated microwave kiln. To create an inert atmosphere is pretty easy. You just put layers of paper (I also use at least one parchment paper layer), then covered with something like baking soda or some sacrificial carbon. The kiln itself will already be somewhat protected by outside, fresh air by being covered and the heating process expanding the air out.

[@briankukk1487]

i you flash coffee the magic bullet is flash rice wake up people how slow are you

[@timothygooding9544]

I don't understand how disconnected graphine flakes help improve materials other than possible increase conductivity. I thought the strength from graphine was from being perfectly binded in a sheet. Any help?

[@MrSur512]

A lot of useless discussion. It's boring. Can be shorter

[@Venturestarx]

I'll spoil it now: you aren't making graphene out of trash.

[@DuaneLeise]

There are bi-products that are also produced in the flash graphene process. What are they? Are they usable? Are they harmful or harmless? Can they be managed in an ecologically responsible way?

[@mikemcmullen5006]

Doesn't boron also form a similiar material? Borophene or something

[@reiniertl]

If the biggest problem with plastic is its durability aren't we making things worse by turning plastic from tough to almost indestructible? I mean I like the idea of graphene and all that stuff, but we certainly need to be careful not to create a problem even worse than plastic.

[@supamatta9207]

i wonder if they can make a muffler that makes graphene with lasers a graphene conduit cooling the motor and a cylinder actuator like this and oil companies will pay for it then all concrete....

[@supamatta9207]

i'm to lazy and dont have 20 years exp. in 4 fields of atomic energy states and am not the most advanced properties material engineer in these regards

[@frimodig]

Which companies using the flash graphene method?

[@christopherconner6151]

Rice and beans are so good. Lol. Good job on your videos. I wish my wife and 3 year old granddaughter would actually listen with me.

[@kenwatanabe2599]

so we go from swimming in plastic to drowning in carbon fibers.

[@ibrahimdemir3422]

It is very intelligent idea in theory. Providing materials that will work at those temperatures and pressures in the industrial scale is a big problem. I hope they are manufactured and available.

[@manavkukreja5023]

Very good explanation, no where else seen. Excellent work 🔥 🔥 But No vaccum? Are you sure?