Do you know about GRAPHENE???
Graphene not just a blockchain!!!!
Graphene imo is the best thing science has discovered.
It can be used in bulletproof vests or body armor of all kinds.
It can be used to retard fire.
It can be used in paints.
It is stronger than steel.
It is 1atom thick.
It is the strongest, thinnest material known to exist.
I think this is definitely a material that needs more attention!
These are just a few wonderful things Graphene has been proven to do.
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That is truly interesting!!! If you know, up to how large a caliber bullet can this material effectively protect against?? I think it's great... Is it expensive to manufacture this material?
from my understanding it is 10x stronger than steel
Scientists have yet to figure out a way to mass produce sheets of graphene in large sizes, thus, for this experiment, the researchers confined their efforts to a very small scale. Their firing range consisted of using a laser to vaporize gold filaments to serve as the gunpowder. The explosion pushed micron-sized glass bullets at graphene targets—10 to 100 sheets placed together to form a mat—at speeds up to 6,700 mph (approximately a third of the speed of a real bullet fired from an M16 machine gun). Electron microscopy was used to measure how well the graphene sheets absorbed the impact.
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2014-11-graphene-bullet.html#jCp
@johnnythenap for one flake of graphene back in 2014 could cost thousands of dollars but in the future it could be as cheap as silicon to produce
I just hope... Whatever it is, AND whenever it can be utilized on a mass scale, nationally, I think more infantry & law-enforcement will be more confident... Thus, more effective.
yes most definitely with the way things have gone in the past i welcome the future technology on every scale.