Whether you’ve heard of it, have any cool ideas of how it
could be applied in other areas, or if you have any more information to
add.
Friday, April 27, 2012
FUTURE HIGH-IMPACT MATERIAL - D30 post by Brian Magley
Hey everyone, I was wondering if any of you have heard of
a material D30? It is a revolutionary new material that can protect you from
extremely high impacts but can be shaped and formed in any way imaginable. This
new material is soft and pliable but can protect you from pretty much any
impact due to its intelligent molecules. D30 is all based on speed. In your
hand, you can bend, compress, and deform it very easily if done semi slowly.
However if you punch it or hit it, in less than a 1000th of a second, it can
harden and protect you from the impact. I heard about this from my friend
because he does a lot of skiing and it is going to be the next big thing since
it can easily be fitted in a skiers clothing and protect him when he falls.
However, this material can potentially protect a person in any situation. D30
could be applied anywhere from cars to sports to the military. It is kind of
hard to explain in a blog setting but this video shows how this material works.
Let me know what you guys think about this.
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I have not heard of D30 before now. Watching the video made me think of silly putty since it seem to have the same sheen I remember from playing with silly putty as a kid.
ReplyDeleteI have been around high impact polystyrene though. I was a co-op at Huntsman Chemical in the past. There, they one of their many products was high impact polystyrene created by mixing polystyrene with recycled Firestone tires.
This stuff looks like some type of modified non-Newtonian fluid. It has the same properties with the exception that D30 is more solid like than the stuff you can make in your kitchen. I'd really like to know what is the composition of 3D0 and how they differ. Non-Newtonian fluid are also being used in body armor applications. Here is a link that has more info on that: http://science.howstuffworks.com/liquid-body-armor.htm
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