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| Actual tensile strengths of commercial steels were only ~10% of theoretical limits. |
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Overcoming the Strength of Materials Paradox
In 1920’s, physicists calculated the theoretical strength of materials based on the strength of the atomic bonds and discovered a strength of materials paradox. Enormous differences existed between actual and theoretical strengths of materials due to many dimensional defects existing in materials.
The theoretical tensile strength of iron – the base material of NanoSteel's SHS alloys – was found to be 13.2 GPa, but actual tensile strengths of commercial iron based steel alloys were only 0.5 - 1.5 GPa, or only ~10% of theoretical limits. |
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