Carbon nanotubes as dangerous as asbestos?

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Carbon nanotubes as dangerous as asbestos?




by Leo Maximus » 30/05/08, 11:20

An article in Elektor:
http://www.elektor.fr/nouvelles/nanotub ... 8037.lynkx

Nearly 40 years ago, laboratory experiments have shown that the harmfulness of asbestos is not related to chemical properties but to mechanical properties because it is a material made of extremely fine fibers that can be divided into even finer fibers. The problem is there, below a certain diameter it becomes carcinogenic. Extremely fine glass fibers gave the same results as asbestos.


NB: I try to make as few mistakes as possible, I don't want to offend anyone but "asbestos" is a masculine name, absolutely not a feminine name. So we have to say and write "is asbestos" and absolutely not "is asbestos". My excuses.
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