New hi-tech armor

[GunnyGene]

This stuff is amazing at least in testing.

A team of researchers from North Carolina State University and the U.S. Army Research, Development & Engineering Center claimed to have developed a super-strong armor material that offers unprecedented protection from bullets or crashes. With it thin profile, the composite metal foam is light-weight and super-strong. The research team informed that composite metal foam (CMF) is lighter than metal plating.

In a recently released video, the researchers demonstrated how the new material literally turns a bullet to dust as it impacts the armor.

The armor is just an inch in thickness, and features a ceramic strike face, Kevlar backing, and CMFs in the middle layer that absorbs the energy created by an impact. The bullet used in the demonstration is a 7.62 by 63mm M2 armor-piercing projectile. The material performs better than Kevlar and could find application in many sectors. They can also find use in creating armored vehicles.

- See more at: http://perfscience.com/content/2143650-super-strong-armor-developed-using-composite-metal-foam-can-disintegrate-bullets#sthash.voVkNKs3.dpuf

 

[JFB]

thanks for the link...
Stabilized Aluminum Foam (SAF) has been around for a while and I wonder why it has not become more accessable.

 

[Bob Wright]

thanks for the link...
Stabilized Aluminum Foam (SAF) has been around for a while and I wonder why it has not become more accessable.

Isn't powdered aluminum the basis for Thermite?


Bob Wright

 

[Merle1948]

thanks for the link...
Stabilized Aluminum Foam (SAF) has been around for a while and I wonder why it has not become more accessable.

Isn't powdered aluminum the basis for Thermite?


Bob Wright

One of them, so if you're in a burning vehicle GET OUT FAST!!! :shock: