[MHml] Sailboat mast using carbon nanotubes

[John Foster]

  Check out the PR announcement at  
<http://www.zyvex.com/News/Synergy_PR.html

Zyvex Corporation today announced the world's first sailboat mast using 
carbon nanotubes. The mast, unveiled last week at the nanoTX '06 
tradeshow in Dallas, incorporates Zyvex's NanoSolve® materials to 
improve yacht performance by significantly increasing the strength and 
stiffness of the mast without adding weight. The mast was built for the 
new Synergy 350 RL (www.synergyachts.com 
<http://www.zyvex.com/News/Synergy_PR.html#>).

Previous state-of-the-art masts were made of layers of carbon fiber 
fabric, bonded together with epoxy. The new mast upgrades that basic 
epoxy with Zyvex's NanoSolve Enhanced Epoxy to deliver a new level of 
performance.

Based on Zyvex's work for NASA in developing composite-in-composite 
materials, NanoSolve disperses carbon nanotubes into the epoxy matrix to 
provide stiffer and tougher composite structures. With a tensile 
strength 5-10 times higher than carbon fibers, nanotubes reinforce the 
epoxy and make the entire structure significantly stronger........SNIP


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