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Damascus steel |
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Scientists discovered that the legendary strength of ancient Damascus steel may have been the result of carbon nanotubes. It was used by sword-makers in the Near East from about AD 900 until the middle of the eighteenth century. The technique for making the fabled steel has since been lost. |
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