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'Wonder material'flexible as tin foil becomes harder than a diamond when it's hit by a bullet
Daily Mail ^ | 22 December 2017 | Catherine Chapman

Posted on 12/24/2017 3:02:16 PM PST by mairdie

A wonder material as flexible as tinfoil but hard enough to stop a speeding bullet has been created in the lab.

Diamene is made using two layers of graphene, the world's first two-dimensional material which is just one atom thick, a million times thinner than human hair.

Such a substance could be used for anything from water-resistant protective coatings to ultra-light bulletproof armour.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Science; UFO's
KEYWORDS: bodyarmor; diameme; graphene; jessemarcel; jessemarceljr; roswell; science; ufos
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1 posted on 12/24/2017 3:02:17 PM PST by mairdie
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To: advertising guy

PING
Saw this and thought about your invention......
Hope your day is a good one.


2 posted on 12/24/2017 3:07:55 PM PST by MagUSNRET
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To: mairdie

As smart as these scientists are, they don’t know bullets actually LEAVE cases when fired. I’ve sent a lot of rounds in my day, and I’ve never seen one leave a muzzle with the case still on it.


3 posted on 12/24/2017 3:07:57 PM PST by This_Dude
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To: ADemocratNoMore

PING


4 posted on 12/24/2017 3:09:18 PM PST by mairdie
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To: mairdie

Interesting.


5 posted on 12/24/2017 3:11:33 PM PST by Architect of Avalon
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To: This_Dude

Bad artist - taking artist license too far.


6 posted on 12/24/2017 3:11:50 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: This_Dude

That is so funny. Really good catch.


7 posted on 12/24/2017 3:14:03 PM PST by mairdie
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To: mairdie

I’d be more impressed if they said it got harder than a liberal’s head when faced with facts....


8 posted on 12/24/2017 3:14:12 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: PIF

This_Dude is probably right on. It’s an artist who knows what a bullet looks like from watching them put into guns on TV, but has never seen one shot into a bowling pin, for example, where it becomes obvious what’s left behind.


9 posted on 12/24/2017 3:15:53 PM PST by mairdie
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To: This_Dude

They don’t have diamonds in them either. The difference is I know they aren’t serious...


10 posted on 12/24/2017 3:18:17 PM PST by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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To: This_Dude

Looks like the artist made the error, not necessarily one of the scientists.


11 posted on 12/24/2017 3:20:30 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Scale’s all wrong, too.


12 posted on 12/24/2017 3:22:18 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: mairdie
Is there anything that graphene atoms cannot do? My mom warned me as a young lad, "NEVER trust atoms, dear - they make up everything!
13 posted on 12/24/2017 3:24:30 PM PST by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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To: This_Dude

I noticed that too. Ella Maru needs to watch the Cartridge vs Bullet journalist tutorial.

14 posted on 12/24/2017 3:24:58 PM PST by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: mairdie

Sounds like another miracle material “just right around the corner”...


15 posted on 12/24/2017 3:27:52 PM PST by aquila48
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To: This_Dude

That’s one of those just-in-case bullets


16 posted on 12/24/2017 3:28:17 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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"That’s one of those just-in-case bullets"

Gotta throw'm real hard!
17 posted on 12/24/2017 3:32:27 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: mairdie

from what I’ve seen the hard part of graphene like carbon nanotubes is to produce it in bulk.


18 posted on 12/24/2017 3:33:10 PM PST by ckilmer (q e)
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To: mairdie

Got to wonder at the idea of using something hard as a diamond which shatters when hit...........


19 posted on 12/24/2017 3:34:33 PM PST by doorgunner69 (No video seems to happen a lot when they shoot somebody..........)
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To: This_Dude

That’s probably so the average viewer can say, “Hey, that’s a bullet!”
I’ve never seen an oscillating electric fan or AC blowing plastic streamers to show that it’s on, but you see them in the movies and on TV all the time.
Merry Christmas!


20 posted on 12/24/2017 3:36:22 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all white armed conservatives)
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