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  • Liquid armour is now a thing, and it stops bullets better than Kevlar

    04/21/2015 8:48:47 AM PDT · by stickandrudder · 43 replies
    Science Alert ^ | 10 APR 2015 | FIONA MACDONALD
    Researchers in Poland have developed a liquid that’s super-light and flexible... until you shoot a bullet at it that is. Upon impact, their specially designed 'shear-thickening fluid', or STF, turns into a solid that's reportedly not just more comfortable than Kevlar - the most widely used material in bulletproof armour - but also offers even better protection against bullets and other projectiles. Created by the Moratex Institute of Security Technologies, the liquid is what's known as a non-Newtonian fluid. Unlike regular Newtonian fluids like water, which only change their structure according to temperature or pressure fluctuations, non-Newtonian fluids change their...
  • Liquid armour 'can stop bullets'

    07/09/2010 5:37:29 PM PDT · by Bad~Rodeo · 10 replies · 3+ views
    BBCNews ^ | 9 July 2010 13:22 UK | Victoria Gill
    A liquid armour has been shown to stop bullets in tests carried out by UK scientists at BAE systems in Bristol. The researchers have combined this "shear-thickening" liquid with Kevlar to create a new bullet-proof material. The company is keeping the chemical formula of the liquid a secret, but it works by absorbing the force of the bullet strike and responding to it by becoming much thicker and more sticky. The BAE scientists describe it as "bullet-proof custard". "It's very similar to custard in the sense that the molecules lock together when it's struck," explained Stewart Penny, business development manager...