Graphene shows promise for bulletproof armor
-
This should prove useful to you prepper types (wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivalism) out there. Or anyone who is averse to being injured while suffering collisions with high-speed projectiles.
This man needs that kind of protection. So he can protect you. Do it. For him.Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30246089
-
I knew about graphene before this thread, but I didn't know about this use.
One of the planned uses is for backing the gold dust covered material that's used to reflect heat on satellites.
-
Graphene has a high tensile strength without any elasticity. It would make terrible body armor as it would shatter and not allow as much movement.
Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.
Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.
With your input, this post could be even better 💗
Register Login