Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy in University of Cambridge launched a new type of body armor which is many times stronger, tougher and stiffer than the previous ones. This strong body armor is made up of strong nanotubes which is less than a size of an atom. Each nanotube is a hollow cylinder of carbon.
According to professor Windle of Cambridge University, these nanotubes has some characteristics which allows them to woven as a cloth or integrate themselves to make some very strong products like this body armor. Characteristics which determine a good body armor is its strength of the fiber from which it is made and the other is how much that material can be stretched before that material breaks.
The fiber from which it is made is very impregnable, light weighted and good at absorbing energy so that it can become the best choice when traveling at high elevation with great speed. Because of this great characteristic, it has already attracted interest of UK Ministry of Defense and the US Army.
This body armor can be used for military and law enforcement purposes. It comprises of millions of nanotubes which starts to reveal some exciting and thrilling properties. This super strong body protector promises to become the world’s strongest man-made fiber.
The fibers of super strong body armor could be widely used in making ‘hi-tech’ clothes, bomb proof refuse bins, flexible solar panels and also as a replacement for copper wire in transmitting electrical power and signals
Via: BBC News
