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Fibrous Stainless Steel

Material ID: 1214

Description

These super fine wisps of grey fluff are in fact tiny filaments of stainless steel. Each strand is around a 10th of the thickness of a human hair and make for a form of steel like no other – one that is soft and able to be spun into yarns and woven into cloth. If you hold a magnet against the fibres you can see each little hair rise and fall. It still has the weight of steel and is for some a skin irritant as the super fine fibres can tickle. The fibres can be combined with other materials to produce a variety of effects like embedded conductivity and structural reinforcement.

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Library Details

Site

Bloomsbury

Status

In Library

Location

Locked Cabinets: Fragile / Valuable

Form

Fibre

Handling guidance

Wash hands after handling.

Date entered collection

Thursday 13th September, 2012

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