NASA | Boron Nitride Nanotube Development

[@MichaelSkinner-e9j]

Is it possible to make cheaper composites for habitats and other aerospace applications? Is it possible to use carbon nanotube/carbon fiber composites impregnated with graphene boronitride resin as a cheaper alternative to Vectran now? You could simply paint the interior and exterior with graphene boronitride epoxy and just add layers

[@mattgraham2473]

This was 6 years ago. It seems Deakin University in Australia has patented a way to continuously produce BNNT a little know listed Company called Plaspak Group (ASX:PPK) has the rights to commercialise the technology and its share price has sky rocketed watch this space and PPK for the new wonder material BNNT

[@Red_Proton]

How thick does the Boron-Nitride nanotube material need to be to equal the same radiation shielding of 1 inch of lead?

[@SagaraUrz]

Radiation in space, in my opinion, is the main issue when wanting to bring civilization to space and Mars. So this could be huge if it can shield from radiation.

[@TheBloodshotFilms]

Radiation seems easy, but food seems much harder.

[@shawn5200player1]

Has the temperature and chemical resistance been tested in a vacuum?

[@darthvader5300]

Boron nitride nanotubes are insulators, carbon nanotubes are conductors. This explains why we use the casehardening techniques to convert thick plates of 100% boron for more than 24 hours a day for several days until they are completely conveted into boron nitride from the inside out. Then we use nitrogen ions beams to strike them to coat finnished electrical and electronic transistorized printed circuit plates while leaving the platinum-iridium alloy connectors. Crude and cumbersome? Yes! But at least it works!

[@aswin1510]

Sir....How you guys learnt all these things....I am intrested in chemistry...I want to grow...Guide me sir🙏🏻

[@-Bashua-]

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