Is their a limit on how sharp a blade can be?

Subject: Is their a limit on how sharp a blade can be?

Date: Mon Apr 30 12:49:13 2007
Posted by steve
Grade level: 10-12 School: jim thorpe area high school
City: jim thorpe State/Province: pa Country: usa
Area of science: Engineering
ID: 1177962553.Eg

Message:


i was just wondering, if their was a limit on sharpness, can u sharpen a knife 
so much, it cant possibly any sharper. This came up, for some reason an old 
batman cartoon popped in my head, about a sword being sharpened at the 
molecule, and it can cut through concrete etc...i know, random

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