Beware of new material claims - the case of graphene


Given that graphene is quite the in vogue material for audio applications I wonder how many (if any) of the vendors selling this are actually sourcing the real thing?

http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2018/10/11/graphene-you-dont-get-what-you-pay-for
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Several comments on Graphene. 

Total Contact uses graphene; however, it has a proprietary other product in it that allows it to be a super conductor per the manufacturer as well as a process which melds the two to work concurrently.

In the SR Fuses, my amps have the 8 amp Blue SR fuses where the amps are rated for 5 amp fuses.  The manufacturer installed 5 amp breakers in place of his fuses.  The result is indistinguishable sonic differences.  Apparently, there is great validity in the fact the larger contact area of the fuse has a positive effect on the sound through transmission of more signal.  So, while the Blue SR fuse sounds great, so does a cheap metal breaker in its place.
Okay, but I stand by whatever Tim Mrock uses in his Omega E-Mats, SR duplexes and SR fuses they all claim have graphene in them.
100% geoff.  I've known about graphene for at least five or six years.  Many start-up companies tout their investment value in future graphene medical uses (too many small companies for me to invest in).  There's so much graphene around, just look at the cheap prices on Amazon by the gallon.

Despite only a "claim" in using graphene, SR and PP are doing something right in their products because they work GREAT!  I'll trust two totally different companies "claiming" graphene use with great results before wanting proof of graphene in their products.
Graphene is being sold in bulk to specialty applications.  In bulk, it 's relatively inexpensive.  Here are three examples

Graphene in solution single layer
https://www.amazon.com/Single-Layer-Graphene-Oxide-Aqueous-Dispersion/dp/B00EE0XPNQ/ref=sr_1_23?ie=U...
Graphine in power
https://www.amazon.com/Angstron-Materials-N008-P-40-Graphene-Powder/dp/B00OYAM1O0/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8...
Graphine in a tennis racket
https://www.amazon.com/HEAD-Graphene-360-Speed-Racquet/dp/B07F22Z16W/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8&qid=154...  

I suspect that PPS doesn't pay much for their graphene either (or SR) but there's the other components and design which should be paid for in their final products.  Despite the lack of an scientific or engineering explanation of how PPS and SR works. I buy the products because they work.