Lesson 30 · about 15 minutes

New forms of carbon

Graphene, nanotubes and buckyballs, built from carbon's four hands.

You will learn

  • What graphene is, and why it is so strong and conducts electricity
  • How nanotubes and buckyballs are rolled and folded graphene
  • Where these new forms of carbon are used

Sections

  1. Graphene, one layer of graphite
  2. Strong, light and conducting
  3. Rolled and folded
  4. Where they are used
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