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Just don’t be scared: progress never backs away, but here wooden cases and spare parts are practically made of logs – this, rather, a new round in the development of materials technology, although in some ways it is commensurate with the old – plywood.
Of course, the tree will now be used in a completely different quality – we are talking about unique cellulose nanofibers, which light as a tree, and yet stronger than steel. According to scientists, by 2020, the first cars from such Super lightweight and super durable material. That is, this successful in all respects, material will replace steel in the next decade in auto and aircraft industry, and there, shipbuilding will reach for these leading industries. Already today the most far-sighted car manufacturers (primarily components for them) rely on combining nanofibres and cellulose.
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Someone will definitely remember that cellulose nanofiber is not is something new for science, it is already now with success used, for example, in the manufacture of ink, transparent displays and etc. All this is true, but so far this material has been too expensive, and therefore uncompetitive to others, say, more cheap carbon. However, nothing stands still, and today scientists have found a way to reduce the cost of cellulose nanofiber, and therefore conditionally wooden cars, planes, ships and much more – this no longer fiction, but reality, which is already knocking on today our door.
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