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The New Body-armour In Town: Turns Bullets Into Dust by RobinHez(m): 8:53am On Oct 07, 2016
The 13 seconds clip you are about to see is not a cut-scene from a super-hero movie, but it is actually a test for the new armor plating developed by scientists in North Carolina State University.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWmFu-_54fI

The material used is so strong that it could literally turn an Armour-piercing bullet into dust on impact.
Afsaneh Rabiei, a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University, who has spent several years working on Composite metal foams(CMFs) said the bullet could be stopped by the armour at a thickness less than an inch, while the indentation caused by impact was less than 8 millimeters.
The armour plating which is a breed of CMFs and traditional metal plating is said to hold potentials that could make it useful in other fields like space traveling and transportation of nuclear waste. This is as a result of earlier research which has shown that CMFs could withstand extremely high temperatures, ward of x-rays, gamma rays and even neutron radiation.
Now that's what I call a body armour!

oh...by the way, the bullet used in the video presentation(for those concerned about figures) is a 7.62 x 63 millimeter M2 armour-piercing projectile, and it was fired in standard testing procedures for armour testing.
Source: http://www.edscienceblog.com/2016/10/the-new-body-armour-in-town-turns.html

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Re: The New Body-armour In Town: Turns Bullets Into Dust by RobinHez(m): 9:08am On Oct 07, 2016
Cc Lalasticlala
Re: The New Body-armour In Town: Turns Bullets Into Dust by akashi01(m): 12:09pm On Oct 07, 2016
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Re: The New Body-armour In Town: Turns Bullets Into Dust by Uwaeromosele: 1:58pm On Oct 09, 2016
shocked..wow

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Re: The New Body-armour In Town: Turns Bullets Into Dust by Nobody: 8:07pm On Oct 13, 2016
did you get the density of the material? it's extremely important. even if it is strong, if it is very heavy, it will do less to help the soldier except when used as part of an electromechanical suit.

Also, how easy is it to synthesize the material? if it is too easy, you're looking at criminal offenses using this material for bullets.

in short, I'm not impressed yet.

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