Posted on 12/27/2017 7:36:05 AM PST by Lazamataz
IAMOND-HARD ARMOR The media tends to depict bullet-proof armor as something that’s thick and heavier than regular clothes. Despite being for bodily protection, the added bulk of that armor might restrict a person’s movements. But scientists at the City University of New York’s Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) have found that diamond-hard armor doesn’t need to be thick. The key to less-bulky protection is graphene, a tightly-packed layer of bonded carbon atoms one million times thinner than a piece of paper.
The researchers discovered that two layers of graphene stacked on top of one another can temporarily become as hard as diamond — and just as impenetrable — when struck by, say, a bullet. The hardening of the new material, called diamene, only happens when exactly two sheets of graphene are layered together, according to the study published in Nature Nanotechnology. When more sheets were added, the hardening effect didn’t happen.
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LOL!
Why not a layer (or 2) of graphene? It's only an atom (or 2) thick.
This reminds me of a video I saw several years ago.
The police were demonstrating a new bullet proof vest in front of a class with a live person wearing it. The only problem was they demoed it with a knife and it went right through. Ruined that guys day. I hate it when that happens.
Dang...and I "try" to stay abreast of technology. I had no idea that the practical applications were THAT far advanced.
Graphene certainly appears to be a wonder material with huge potentialities in many, many fields. I wonder what we will find we can do once manufacturing in micro-G becomes possible. Room-temperature superconductivity??
Maybe graphene is another name for "dilithium".
but not until they figure out how to produce industrial quantity & quality graphene. same goes for carbon nanotubes.
the holy grail of water purification is graphene membranes good enough for water desalination.
they have been able to produce it in the lab but not on an industrial scale
Better yet; it gives new meaning to the term "under armor".
The head/neck shot is still king for routine patrolman and civilians (not condoning it). Battlefield soldiers will get better armor including some that go up the neck and helmets that include this product along with a kind of long johns to cover the rest of the body. With boots also laced with this; IED impact of losing limbs may be greatly lessened.
Slaughterbots are what we really have to worry about in the future. An enemy takes a picture of you from a distance; then programs that into the facial recognition software then at his chosen time sends the little mini drone to find you delivering the kill shot. Even battlefield solders have to take their helmets off sometime to sleep or clean up or just when they feel safe at their own base.
There are designs one can put on their face with face paint or tattoos that make facial recognition difficult or impossible (right now) so that might be one alternative.
Graphene is YOU.
Is this going to be like Soylent Green where people are recycled to make graphene products?
If the globalists have their way it’s highly likely...
From carbon ashes to carbon ashes, from carbon dust dust to carbon dust.....
Disney will have blockbuster “Cycle of Life” feature film with catchy songs.
Transgender chilrun dreaming of becoming a knuckle joint of Optimus Prime get their wish granted.
Shigawire, the prototype of mono-molecular wire, first making its appearance in Dune (1965), is a metallic extrusion produced naturally from a ground vine, and is notable for its incredible tensile and mechanical strength. Shigawire is able to cut through almost any material cleanly. It finds widespread use as a weapon system, but more importantly as an information recording material. Shigawire is able to accept magnetic fields imprinted along its length in the style of magnetic tape, giving rise to the wire projector, which displays holographic images and films whose data is imprinted on a shigawire reel. Minimic film is mono-molecular shigawire which has been used to record data - great care is needed while handling this material.
“With boots also laced with this; IED impact of losing limbs may be greatly lessened.”
Your Slaughterbot scenario scares the crap out of me. Forget the Nehru Jacket...I’m going full leisure suit.
(I was serious about the Slaughterbot thing scaring me.)
My first thought was Mithril from LOTR made by the elves.
If it’s inflexible, it’s unwearable.
Muss his hair, maybe?
(Snicker, Snicker!)
It become inflexible on impact was my impression. Otherwise it flexes like chain mail.
Next... Kryptonite bullets.
Btt
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