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Sounds like it would make a great armor plate layer, esp. for something like body armor?
by analognoise 5y ago
Sounds like it would make a great armor plate layer, esp. for something like body armor?
- 0-_-0 5y agoWouldn't it be fragile, like diamond?
- sudosysgen 5y agoIt's amorphous, so there is a chance you could make it thin enough to bend.
- s0rce 5y agoI think that works for crystals too, thin silicon wafers are pretty flexy, particularly if you can grow them relatively free of defects.
- beerandt 5y agoNot modern body armor. You want lots of deformation before failure, which is almost the opposite of brittle. Like the crush zone of a car.
- analognoise 5y agoDon't modern body armors have ceramic inserts? - I think the idea is to shatter the incoming projectile, then catch the pieces while cushioning the impact. Modern combat body armor, anyway.
- beerandt 5y agoSort of. The ceramic is designed to shatter using as much energy as possible. After spreading the remaining energy sad much as possible. The bullet shattering is only important if it's high powered armor piercing rounds. Otherwise it's usually bc it's a hollow point or is incidental. But there are lots of different theories and designs.
- baybal2 5y ago> which is almost the opposite of brittle. Brittle failure can actually dissipate more energy than ductile one.