The Graphene, Graphite and Carbon Nanotube Research Board

[Jandrsn21]

Ok, work's been driving me like a slave! Back to some DD, still working on that list, just need to recoup from two weeks and 140 hours! lol

anyway found this lovely article demonstrating the thermal properties of graphene! Graphene can only be as big as we all want it to be, if it starts to replace and find new uses on a mass scale. This example is one of those ways it will do just that!

Graphene

"The scientists developed a heat-spreader that consists of a copper-graphene composite that was attached to an "electronic device" with an indium-graphene interface film. Tests showed that the increased conductivity by using graphene can dissipate heat about 25 percent faster than pure copper. Kasichainula also noted that graphene is less expensive than pure copper, which could reduce the cost of heat spreaders in the future."

25% is no laughing matter. Many items require heat to either be transfered or eliminated for these things to function. 25% boost will make items last longer, be cheaper, be smaller, be more powerful. Add on top of that the efficiencies from the electrical side with graphene and the items mixed with the heat dissipation properties. We could see items be 50 - 100% more powerful just by adding or replacing things with graphene while saving money!

IMO, this is much much bigger than Rare Earths, in the not too distant future nearly every electrical/mechanical item you own could have graphene in it!