Carbon is one of the chemical elements of the Mendeleev table, which has an atomic number of 6 and its chemical symbol is C. Carbon is a non-metallic and abundant element that is mostly found in two modes of graphite and diamond, but it has various allomorphisms, one of which is graphene, which in this article we will thoroughly examine graphene.
Graphene is a carbon allocomposite composed of an atomic layer, in fact, it can be said that its thickness is one layer of atoms. It is actually the thinnest known material for humanity. Graphene is located in a regular hexagonal network and is the raw material of a variety of graphite materials. Electrons in graphene have very high excitability and very high mobility, which is why graphene is used in many electrical applications.
1. It has a very high strength so that its strength is about 200 times more than steel
2.The conductor is a good heat and therefore used in electrical devices
3.High flexibility
4.Capable of absorbing light even high intensity lights
5. Has unlimited potential and is therefore used in all industries
6.The mobility of its electrons is very high
7.Graphene has a lot of transparency
8.Except for 2D materials
9.Very impenetrable
10.Graphene is the lightest and thinnest material discovered and recorded
As I mentioned, due to the unlimited potential of graphene, this material can be used in various industries, the most important of which are:
1.Applicable in the manufacture of supercapacitors
2.Production of battery types
3.Hard plastics hard and strong
4.Use on touch screens of LED TVs
5.Applicable in the manufacture and production of water filters
6.Making a variety of computer chips
7.Use under the title of transistor
8.Graphene is also widely used in the manufacture of various sports equipment
9. Use graphene instead of carbon fibers in the aerospace industry
Since graphene has high transparency and high strength, this valuable material can be used in the manufacture and production of a variety of solid plastics. To produce plastics using graphene, it is necessary to mix a little plastic or rubber with graphene, resulting in high elastic plastics. Strong plastics made of graphene are more immortal than normal plastics, which means they are more durable.
As we know, graphite and graphene are both non-metallic carbon atom allomorphisms, but they have many differences:
1.Graphite has a crystalline structure and is composed of several layers of carbon, while graphene has only one layer of carbon.
2. The structure of graphite is very fragile and does not have high strength, while graphene is one of the most robust structures and materials in the world so that its strength is greater than steel.
3. Graphite has 4 free electrons around it, and through these four free electrons itself binds to other graphites, in fact it can be stated that all four electrons react graphite and establish a covalent bond, but in graphene, only 3 out of 4 of its free electrons bond and that is the sigma bond.
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