石墨烯製成的世界上最輕的機械錶

4G光元：該腕錶受到邁凱輪 - 本田F1賽車的叉形懸架結構的啟發。工程師們開發了一種用石墨烯複合材料製成的超輕機械錶。腕錶是在曼徹斯特大學，製表品牌Richard Mille和邁凱輪F1之間合作完成的，於1月16日在日內瓦沙龍國際高級鐘錶展上亮相。手錶重40gm，工程師聲稱，非常耐用。

RM 50-03被稱為「世界上最輕的機械計時器」，使用石墨烯的複合材料製成，用於手錶機構的輕質但堅固的錶殼。所使用的石墨烯複合材料稱為Graph TPT，其重量小於手錶中使用的以前的材料。

RM 50-03手錶的錶帶也使用石墨烯複合材料。帶的橡膠注入石墨烯，這提高了手錶的機械性能和電阻。

在提供使用石墨烯的好處時，羅伯特·楊說，石墨烯業務總監和曼徹斯特大學教授說：「我們已經表明，將石墨烯納入錶殼可以對提高組件的性能有重大影響服務，並能進一步減輕未來設計的重量。

「我們評估了在錶殼和錶帶中包含石墨烯的效果，我們幫助製造不同的組件，並使用X射線計算機斷層掃描和拉曼光譜分析了它們的微觀結構，以及它們的機械性能的詳細評估。

超輕機械錶使用石墨烯複合材料曼徹斯特大學

World s lightest mechanical watch is made with graphene

The watch has been inspired by McLaren-Honda Formula 1 car s wishbone suspension structure.

Ultralight mechanical watch uses graphene compositeUniversity of Manchester

Engineers have developed an ultralight mechanical watch made with graphene composite.

Unveiled at the in Geneva at Salon International De La Haute Horlogerie on 16 January,the watch was made in collaborationbetween the University of Manchester, watchmaking brand Richard Mille and McLaren F1. The watch weighs 40gm and is extremely durable, the engineers claim.

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The RM 50-03, termed as "world s lightest mechanical chronography", has been made using a composite of graphene for a lightweight but strong case for the watch mechanism. The graphene composite used is known as Graph TPT, which weighs less than the previous materials used in the watches.

The strap of RM 50-03 watch also uses the graphene composite. The rubber of the strap was injected with graphene, which improves the mechanical properties and resistance of the watch.

While offering an insight into the benefit of using graphene, Robert Young, Graphene business director and professor from the University of Manchester said, "We have shown that the incorporation of graphene into the watch case can have major implications for improved performance of the component in service and also enable further weight reduction in future designs."

"We evaluated the effect of including graphene in both the watch case and strap. We helped in the fabrication of the different components and analysed their microstructures using x-ray computed tomography and Raman spectroscopy, along with a detailed evaluation of their mechanical properties.

"We have shown that the incorporation of graphene into the watch case can have major implications for improved performance of the component in service and also enable further weight reduction in future designs," Young said.

The watch design has been inspired by the wishbone suspension structure of a McLaren-Honda Formula 1 car. The engineers noted the watch survived tremendous shock damage.