Graphene was discovered in 2010 and has super strength and many other properties. It is finally being commercialized for products with improved endurance and heat properties.
Vollebak’s graphene jacket is reversible: One side contains graphene, the other lightweight nylon. To prove the heat conductive qualities, a customer in the Gobi Desert wrapped the jacket around his camel. It warmed up and he put the jacket back on and was warm for the night.
British shoemaker Inov-8 combined Kevlar shoes with graphene-enhanced soles to make them last 50 percent longer. The company developed the soles in conjunction with the University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute
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Sounds like some marketing hype – otherwise why aren’t larger companies trying it out?
Ok, so the nylon is the insulator for the jacket and the graphene side when worn next to your skin distributes your body heat from warm areas to cold areas. Using an external heat source a camel to warm up the jacket has nothing to do with it keeping the wearer warm all night.
Sounds more like he is talking thermal capacitance.
“To prove the heat conductive qualities, a customer in the Gobi Desert wrapped the jacket around his camel. It warmed up and he put the jacket back on and was warm for the night.”
Really? I don’t think thermal conductivity means what you think it means.
Sounds like some marketing hype – otherwise why aren’t larger companies trying it out?
Ok, so the nylon is the insulator for the jacket and the graphene side when worn next to your skin distributes your body heat from warm areas to cold areas. Using an external heat source a camel to warm up the jacket has nothing to do with it keeping the wearer warm all night.
Sounds more like he is talking thermal capacitance.
“To prove the heat conductive qualities, a customer in the Gobi Desert wrapped the jacket around his camel. It warmed up and he put the jacket back on and was warm for the night.”
Really? I don’t think thermal conductivity means what you think it means.