Posted on 02/24/2017 1:11:37 PM PST by Red Badger
North Carolina State University Professor Afsaneh Rabiei led the team that created the amazing foam.
This is not ordinary foam like the kind used for shaving, for example. This is a special type of foam called composite metal foams, or CMF.
The military and law enforcement could use this kind of foam for advanced, ultra light body armor to protect personnel.
And this research team has other foams up its sleeve that have the potential to keep military and first responders safe from radiation and extreme heat too.
BULLET V. FOAM
Sound impossible that foam-based armor could stop armor piercing rounds? Testing has proved it is indeed possible.
In tests conducted by the development team, the foam body armor was able to defeat an armor-piercing bullet. And on impact, their foam smashed the bullet into powder.
To challenge the foam material with bullets, the team built a shield. The strike face - the side facing the weapon - was made with the new composite metal foam together with boron carbide ceramics. The backplates – the side that would face the user - were made of Kevlar.
In tests, the team shot at the foam body armor with 7.62 x 63 mm M2 armor-piercing round.
How well did it work?
Their foam absorbed the bullet’s kinetic energy.
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Ping!................
Does Rubio know about this stuff?
Foam boy is expert in all things foamy...............
Does Rubio know about this stuff?
He and Al Gore invented it.
Will it protect one from alien mind-control waves?
But does it keep your beverages cold?
As long as it is covered by Tinfoil...
If it can block X-rays and Gamma rays, Aliens ain’t got a chance..............
Yes...................and safe from gunfire and backsliding Baptists............
I worked at a weapons lab in the 90s where the army attempted to build bridges for armor out of foam. Didn’t work worth a damn, but it was funny as heck watching them pump this stuff by the tons, only to be pulverized over and over again.
The super cooler.
Good catch.
Current body armor is very heavy and a pain, with many Special Operations types refuse to wear it on raid type missions where speed and stealth are critical.
This looks much better.
Typical libtards commenting on the story and trying to conflate it with Trumps “Muslim ban.”.
Yeah; but what does it weigh? That’s the most important thing unless you are using it on a tank.
PING!!!!
Five minutes to show a bullet being stopped?
No thanks.
ML/NJ
They just say ‘lightweight’............
“It’s bulletproof foam!”
“It’s a dessert topping!”
“It’s bulletproof foam AND a dessert topping!”
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