Damascus Steel and Carbon Nanotubes

[HaveRuck-WillTravel]

Don't know if this is new information or not, but I found the article interesting at least. It talks about a scientific inspection on a 17th century damascus sword that found evidence of carbon nanotubes and nanowires.

http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/mg19225780.151-secrets-out-for-saracen-sabres.html

Take care,

Ruck

 

[mete]

Yes , very interesting , thanks !

 

[deker]

Neat! Anybody have a pointer to a more "technical" article or paper?

-d

 

[fitzo]

Here's the first paragraph of the Nature paper. Unfortunately, a subscription is required to read the entire paper.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v444/n7117/abs/444286a.html

There are a couple of comments and links about the topic on this old Swordforum thread:

http://forums.swordforum.com/showthread.php?postid=415456