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I-Aquatic Leisure Technologies (ALT) isanda kwethula ichibi lokubhukuda eliqiniswe nge-graphene-reinforced glass fiber reinforced composite (GFRP). Le nkampani ithe ichibi lokubhukuda le-graphene nanotechnology elitholwe ngokusebenzisa i-resin eguquliwe ye-graphene ehlanganiswe nokukhiqizwa kwe-GFRP yendabuko lilula, liqinile, futhi lihlala isikhathi eside kunechibi le-GFRP lendabuko.

Ngo-2018, i-ALT yaxhumana nomlingani wephrojekthi kanye nenkampani yaseNtshonalanga Australia i-First Graphene (FG), engumhlinzeki wemikhiqizo ye-graphene esebenza kahle kakhulu. Ngemva kweminyaka engaphezu kwengu-40 yokukhiqiza amachibi okubhukuda e-GFRP, i-ALT ibilokhu ifuna izixazululo ezingcono zokumunca umswakama. Nakuba ingaphakathi lechibi le-GFRP livikelwe ungqimba oluphindwe kabili lwejazi lejeli, ingaphandle lithintwa kalula umswakama ovela enhlabathini ezungezile.

UNeil Armstrong, uMphathi Wezentengiselwano weFirst Graphene Composites, uthe: Izinhlelo ze-GFRP kulula ukuzimunca amanzi ngoba ziqukethe amaqembu asabelayo angasabela namanzi amuncwayo nge-hydrolysis, okubangela amanzi ukuthi angene ku-matrix, futhi kungase kube nama-blister okugeleza kwamanzi. Abakhiqizi basebenzisa amasu ahlukahlukene ukunciphisa ukungena kwamanzi ngaphandle kwamachibi e-GFRP, njengokwengeza isithiyo se-vinyl ester esakhiweni se-laminate. Kodwa-ke, i-ALT yayifuna inketho eqinile kanye namandla akhulisiwe okugoba ukusiza ichibi layo ligcine isimo salo futhi likwazi ukumelana nengcindezi evela ekugcwaliseni amanzi kanye nengcindezi ye-hydrostatic noma umthwalo we-hydrodynamic.