# Graphene Condoms, a Rising Star **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphene-condoms-a-rising-star/674435 "2013-11-21T15:35:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphene-condoms-a-rising-star/674435/21 "2013-11-22T03:58:06Z")
Opened the thread expecting porn star discussion. Pretty cool shit! ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphene-condoms-a-rising-star/674435/22 "2013-11-22T04:07:57Z")
Definitely an improvement over the cellophane off a pack of Marlboro ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphene-condoms-a-rising-star/674435/23 "2013-11-22T04:15:01Z")
> [@chacoguy](#): > > Then why aren’t we making graphene body armor? Because we’re making condoms out of it first. Priorities, man ! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphene-condoms-a-rising-star/674435/24 "2013-11-22T04:17:20Z")
Maybe the graphene condom is part of the body-armor array, protecting that most precious member. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphene-condoms-a-rising-star/674435/25 "2013-11-22T05:19:43Z")
FYI, there’s a new form of carbon too - [linear acetylenic carbon or carbyne](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/www.extremetech.com/extreme/163997-carbyne-a-new-form-of-carbon-thats-stronger-than-graphene) that’s twice as strong as graphene or carbon nanotubes and has a lot of the same interesting characteristics. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphene-condoms-a-rising-star/674435/26 "2013-11-22T09:20:44Z")
> [@chacoguy](#): > > Then why aren’t we making graphene body armor? > [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Because we’ve yet to make it in large enough sheets, I understand. Also, it’s not like the condoms will be made out of pure graphene. They are graphene mixed with latex. That may not be strong enough for armor. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphene-condoms-a-rising-star/674435/27 "2013-11-22T14:29:14Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Definitely an improvement over the cellophane off a pack of Marlboro Or a candy bar wrapper. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphene-condoms-a-rising-star/674435/28 "2013-11-22T16:44:54Z")
> [@Barking\_Dog](#): > > Or a candy bar wrapper. :smack: I never thought of using the _wrapper_! ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphene-condoms-a-rising-star/674435/29 "2013-11-22T16:46:58Z")
That will put lead in your pencil! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphene-condoms-a-rising-star/674435/30 "2013-11-22T21:34:08Z")
Maybe if we start finding enough ways to use it, we can start pulling it out of the atmosphere and using it as a building material. I mean, enough to build new cities, hundreds of millions of tonnes of it. That way, we could start to get atmospheric CO[sub]2[/sub] levels down… How much carbon dioxide would we have to remove to get the levels down to normal in the atmosphere, anyway? Millions of tonnes? Billions? > [@JacobSwan](#): > > That will put lead in your pencil! Not lead! Carbon! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphene-condoms-a-rising-star/674435/31 "2013-11-22T23:17:37Z")
> [@JacobSwan](#): > > That will put lead in your pencil! And vice versa! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphene-condoms-a-rising-star/674435.md?page=1)