Unit 8, Lesson 4

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A New Material
After two physicists, Andre Geim and Konstantin
did many experiments together, they
Novoselov, ____________________
discovered a new material called graphene.
_____________
they won they Nobel Prize for it.
In 2010, ____________
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have worked together for a long

The physicists ______________
studied together in Russia, and then
time. They __________
they worked together in the Netherlands. Now, they
are working in the United Kingdom. Both physicists
____________
believe that science experiments _____________.
__________ should be fun
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comes from graphite, which is the

Graphene ____________
took
material inside a pencil. Geim and Novoselov _______
put tape on it, and took a very
a piece of graphite, ______
thin flake
__________from which is
it. That flake is graphene, _________
the thinnest and strongest material in the world.
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which means you can

It’s also 97.3% transparent, ______________
see through it
_______________. carbon
Graphine is made of ________.
is made of carbon.
All life ___________

will be
There __________ more experiments to find new
to use it to make
uses for graphene. One idea is ________________
plastics stronger.
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are used for many different things, including

Plastics _________
airplanes, cars, computers, and cell phones. Scientists
believe that people ___________
____________ will be able to use graphene
products
for many new materials, technology, and __________.
Unit 8, Lesson 4
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What did the physicists discover ?

physicists did what ? the discover

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They discovered a new material called graphene .

material a new called discovered graphene they .

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Where can you find graphite ?

graphite you can ? where find

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You can find it in a pencil .

pencil it a can in you . find

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What will graphene be used for in the future ?

in future graphene will be ? what used the for

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It will be used for new products .

it be will used products . new for