Rubber bands are 200 times stronger than steel?

Alliance Rubber is working on making elastic bands from the world's strongest graphene material.

Alliance Rubber, the world's largest rubber band manufacturer, is working on using graphene, a material 200 times stronger than steel, to make rubber bands, Business Insider reported on August 23. This new type of rubber band could change the way food is transported through supply chains, simplify the transportation of electronic devices, and is extremely durable.

Graphene, a material 200 times stronger than steel, is being researched to produce elastic bands.

Graphene is 200 times stronger than steel and is the strongest material known to man. Columbia University engineer James Hone once said that it would take an elephant standing on a pencil to puncture a sheet of graphene as thin as plastic wrap.

Alliance Rubber will work with researchers at the University of Sussex to determine the right ratio of graphene to rubber for elastic bands next year, said Jason Risner, the company’s director of business strategy. Too little graphene won’t maximize the strength of a band, and too much will lose its stretchiness.

According to Risner, once Alliance Rubber figures out the formula for perfect, unbreakable rubber bands, they can sell them to a variety of industries, including retailers like Staples, Office Depot, and wholesalers in the food and technology industries.

Graphene elastic bands can be used in many different fields.

Graphene will help add many features that traditional elastic bands lack, such as anti-static properties, which is essential for companies that specialize in shipping electronics.

"No one in the electronics industry wants to put anything that could potentially generate static electricity near motherboards and other circuit boards. This type of anti-static rubber band can be used in everything around electrical devices without risking damage," Risner told Business Insider.

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