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Butte-based sp2nano and Montana Tech developing and testing emerging carbon nanotube technology

In October, Montana Tech announced that two of its faculty members, Dario Prieto and Jack Skinner, along with Ronda Coguill, testing director for the university’s Center for Advanced Mineral and Metallurgical Processing, will partner with Butte-based sp2nano to test a polymer for use in bulletproof vests.

The man behind sp2nano http://sp2nano.com/ is Hugh Craig, who said his company and Colorado-based Oaks Technology are paying Tech $200,000 to test and prototype the material, which is composed of carbon nanotubes and a related material called graphene.

Craig said the two substances are ideal for bulletproof vests because they are simultaneously lightweight and strong – a rarity in the world of anti-ballistic materials.

Annie Pentilla [email protected]

Full Story: http://mtstandard.com/business/nano-nano-butte-company-tech-applying-emerging-carbon-nanotube-technology/article_763c23b3-3d4f-5d0b-92a2-36299d109ed3.html

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