Chapter 166: Graphene Poker Cards
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Boss, I think you should do a checkup. After all, frequent nosebleeds for two months in a row may be a sign of leukemia…”
Qian Wenhuan recalled that this had happened to Chen Chen two months ago and he looked worried. “You’re only twenty-two this year. You should still have plenty of time left to squander, so don’t overwork yourself. After all, you’ve accomplished so much. If you collapse, all of this would fall into the hands of others…”
“Don’t worry. Didn’t I just get a blood test recently?”
Chen Chen waved his hand. “I’m just heaty, that’s all. It’s fine.”
“Okay…”
Seeing this, Qian Wenhuan could only nod. He then took out the iron box. “This is what you asked for.”
“Is this functionalized graphene obtained through oxidation?” Chen Chen asked.
“It seems so…”
Qian Wenhuan scratched his head. “I heard from Professor Farad that this thing is harder and tougher than ordinary graphene sheets. However, to maintain this strength and toughness, Professor Farad had to stack 10 layers of this graphene. He said that this thing is very dangerous and should be used with care.”
“10 layers of functionalized graphene, is that it?”
Chen Chen nodded and took the iron box. “Good, that should do it.”
After sending Qian Wenhuan away, Chen Chen locked the door of the laboratory again.
As the opening date of the Eco Science City approached, Qian Wenhuan barely had time for a break as he was so busy preparing for the opening ceremony. Even so, no matter what order Chen Chen gave, Qian Wenhuan would personally attend to it.
This was also a type of sincerity.
Chen Chen shook his head. It looked like he would have to reward Qian Wenhuan by promoting him whenever possible.
However, on second thought, Qian Wenhuan was already the general manager here in the African Continent. There was no way for him to rise further, so Chen Chen gave up on the idea of compensating Qian Wenhuan.
After all this, Chen Chen gently opened the iron box. At once he could see the thin, almost-transparent pieces that lay in the box.
Graphene transmitted light very well. Although many layers were stacked together now, they still allowed light to reach the bottom of the box, like gla.s.s.
Qian Wenhuan mentioned that this thing was dangerous, which was true.
After all, what was graphene? It was a layer of carbon atoms. A layer of carbon atoms was called a layer of graphene and the thickness of a single carbon atom was only 0.34 nanometers.
Currently, what Chen Chen had was a 10-layer structure of graphene, which was 3.4 nanometers thick. This was only one twenty-thousandth of the thickness of a hair.
Moreover, this graphene layer had been especially oxidized, which meant that the edges of this material were incredibly sharp.
The serrations at the edge of the graphene could easily pierce the cell membrane of humans and penetrate the human body. It was thus extremely lethal to humans and other animals.
Graphene was first separated from graphite by two physicists at the University of Manchester in Europe: Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov.
Due to this, both of them had won the 2010 n.o.bel Prize in Physics.
From then on, the physics community gained this material called graphene. It was a two-dimensional crystal, the strongest substance known to mankind, and even tougher than diamonds.
It was not only the thinnest material but also the strongest. Its ultimate tensile strength was 200 times stronger than steel.
A laboratory in North America once did an experiment. Before the graphene particles began to split, they could withstand a pressure of about 2.9 micro Newton per 100 nanometers. This was equivalent to having to apply a pressure of 55N to break a 1 meter-long graphene.
If this graphene was made into the thickness of ordinary food-packaging plastic bags, then a pressure of 20,000N would be required to tear the packaging bag.
In other words, if a packaging bag was made out of graphene, it could withstand two tons of items.
In that case, how strong was the ten-layer graphene sheet in Chen Chen’s possession?
With this in mind, Chen Chen sent out a thought. Immediately, a sheet, so thin it was almost transparent, floated up. Chen Chen observed intently and saw that it was about the size of a poker card.
Nonetheless, unlike a poker card, this sheet was practically transparent. If he was not paying extra attention, he would not have noticed it there.
Although this graphene sheet was very thin, it was very tough too, not much different from a playing card. Chen Chen thought about it, then simply picked up a book, opened it to the middle, and placed it standing on the table.
After that, Chen Chen controlled the graphene he was staring at. Similar to the poker cards, he exerted a force and the graphene sheet flew forward without a noise.
“Rip!”
There was a tearing sound that was almost inaudible. Chen Chen looked carefully, only to see that a few pages in the middle of the book had been severed in half!
Chen Chen cautiously picked the book up. Right in the center of the book, there was a clean, horizontal slit, about ten centimeters long, which extended to the back pages too.
The surface of the cut was incomparably smooth as if the book was printed like this…
This was an attack on the molecular level.
Chen Chen raised his eyes and looked past the book. He saw that there was a pen holder behind it. The thin graphene layer was embedded in the pen holder, revealing only a small section.
This power…
Chen Chen was dumbstruck. If he used this method to attack someone, what would the result be? It was likely that the person, even if they died, would not know how they died.
As it was so thin, they would not even feel any pain. At most, there would be a slight itch at their neck. They would reach out to scratch their neck and the adhesion between flesh and blood would fall apart before their head would fall off with a snap…
Chen Chen did not use his hands but continued using the power of “Field” to tug out the graphene sheet. He saw that one corner of the sheet had been completely shattered.
When he saw this, Chen Chen was able to confirm something.
This meant that, although the 10-layer graphene sheet could cut objects that had weaker tensile strength, it still could not cut harder materials.
After all, it was too thin.
Still, even though it could not cut through metal, its power was sufficient for Chen Chen’s use.
With this in mind, Chen Chen aimed his “Field” at the iron box and lifted all the graphene sheets. He counted — there were a hundred graphene “poker cards” in total.
He nodded and collected these graphene sheets again, keeping them in the box.
These graphene sheets were too deadly. If one used their hands, one would easily get injured. Plus, as they were too thin, they would break easily when force was applied. No one else besides Chen Chen could use this kind of thing as a weapon.
Just when Chen Chen had finished his experiment, Little X had a notification.
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