Carbon is one of the materials that's use in loden formula one because it's very strong and light. It was developed specifically for formula one, or whether it came about as a by product of another industry. Carbon is those carbon fibres that have been arranged in a matrix of graphite. So if you threw in like diamond, you'd have caron carbon,. Just carin keelsthe as we found in the universe as well as in the lab. Car cacacarbione has the money first, surely.
What are Van der Waals forces? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore the fascinating world of surfaces, biomimicry, and Formula 1 with physicist and author of Sticky: The Science of Surfaces, Laurie Winkless.
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