Isizukulwane sesithathu se BMW X6 , eyethulwe esikhathini esingangenyanga edlule, isendleleni ebheke embukisweni wezimoto iFrankfurt, oqala ukubonakala esidlangalaleni. Nokho, zonke izindawo (ezikhanyayo) zizoqondiswa ku-X6 ethile, ngenxa yethoni “emnyama kakhulu” womsebenzi wayo womzimba.
"Omnyama kakhulu"? Yebo, lesi isicelo sokuqala ku-bodywork yemoto ye-Vantablack, uhlobo olusha lwe-coating ikwazi ukumunca kufika ku-99.965% wokukhanya , cishe isusa noma yikuphi ukucabanga.
Igama elithi Vantablack liphuma ekufakweni kwesifinyezo esithi VANTA ( V mpo THE kuqondile N unyaka T ube THE ray) kanye nomnyama (omnyama), okuhumushela ekubeni into ye-carbon nanotubes, noma Isethi yama-Nanotubes Aqondaniswe Kuqondile.
I-nanotubes ngayinye ingama-micrometer angu-14 kuya kwangu-50 ubude nama-nanometer angu-20 ububanzi - cishe izikhathi ezi-5000 zizacile kunomucu woboya. Uma iqondaniswe mpo, ibhiliyoni elilodwa kulawa ma-nanotubes athatha isentimitha elilodwa nje lesikwele. Lapho ufinyelela kulawa mashubhu, ukukhanya kuyamuncwa, kugcinwe, ngaphandle kokuboniswa, kuguqulwa kube ukushisa.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Kwakungonyaka ka-2014 lapho sathola khona i-Vantablack coating, eyakhiwe ngabakwa-Surrey NanoSystems embonini ye-aerospace. Izakhiwo zayo zokunqanda ukucwayiza kanye ne-anti-glare zibonakale zilungele ukumboza izinto ezithambile njenge-aluminiyamu nezinto ezibonakalayo zokubuka indawo.
Ingabe imoto "emnyama kakhulu" inengqondo?
Ukusebenzisa lolu hlobo lokugqoka kunoma iyiphi imoto, empeleni, akunangqondo. Esweni lomuntu, noma iyiphi into enezinhlangothi ezintathu ehlanganiswe e-Vantablack izobonwa njenge-dimensional - ngokuyisisekelo, kufana nokubheka emgodini noma indawo engenalutho.
Emotweni, lokhu kuyosho ukuthi uma uyibuka, kuhlale kuphawuleka ukumila kwayo kuphela, noma ukubukeka kwayo. Yonke imigqa, ukuma okuhlukile kwendawo kanye neminye imininingwane yobuhle izovele inyamalale.
Yingakho i-BMW X6 esiyibona ihlanganiswe ngohlobo olusha lwe-Vantablack, i-VBx2, eyakhelwe ukusetshenziswa kwezesayensi nezakhiwo. Umehluko ku-Ventablack yasekuqaleni iqiniso lokuthi i-VBx2 inokubukeka okukhulu kuno-1% - isathathwa “njengemnyama kakhulu”, kodwa ivumela ukugcina umbono othile we-three-dimensionality ye-X6.
Kungani abakwaBMW bekhethe ukupenda i-X6 entsha ngalo “mnyama ogqamile”? U-Hussein Al Attar, umqondisi wokudala wedizayini yezimoto kwa-Designworks kanye nomklami obhekelele i-BMW X6 entsha izimpendulo:
Ngaphakathi, sibiza iBMW X6 ngokuthi “Isilo”. Ngicabanga ukuthi lokho kusho konke. Ukuqedwa kweVantablack VBx2 kugqamisa lokhu kubukeka futhi kwenza iBMW X6 ibe yingozi ikakhulukazi.
Imfashini elandelayo ezimotweni?
Ingabe i-Vantablack ingaba imfashini elandelayo kupende wemoto ngemva kokuhlasela kwamathoni we-matte? Akunakwenzeka. U-Ben Jensen, umsunguli kanye nomqondisi wezobuchwepheshe be-Surrey NanoSystems, uthi wenqabile amabhidi ambalwa avela kwabanye abakhiqizi esikhathini esidlule, okwenza okuhlukile ku-X6 “(…) ngomklamo wayo oyingqayizivele, ocacile (…)”, nakuba ayenziwe ngiyangabaza ukwamukela isiphakamiso somkhiqizo waseBavaria.
Le Vantablack X6 isazohlala iyisipiliyoni nje, kodwa mhlawumbe isizathu esikhulu sokuthi sibone “ingenalutho” esikhathini esizayo ngamasondo azungezayo, sihlobene nenselelo enkulu yobuchwepheshe okungaba ukuthuthukisa uhlobo lweVantablack olunokuqina okulindelekile kwe umsebenzi wokupenda imoto.
Kodwa-ke, intshisekelo yomkhakha wezimoto e-Vantablack idlula inketho entsha kukhathalogi yemibala. Izici ezikhethekile zalo pende zithola indawo yazo ekuthuthukisweni kwezinzwa ze-laser zokushayela kanye nabasizi bokushayela ngokuzenzakalelayo.
