Why don't they make bulletproof vests out of diamond if it is the hardest metal?
>>29331367
Diamonds are brittle and artificially expensive. They're used in ways where they won't be striked.
>>29331367
Nah man, unshielded DU armor. The only thing that can stop a DU bullet.
>>29331367
Because they dissolve in liquid oxygen
>>29331367
Who is "they?"
>>29331392
>liquid oxygen
This I gotta see.
>>29331396
http://youtu.be/0tcP9SLKEG4
I forgot the diamonds had to be heated a bit first, though
>>29331383
This
Supersonic impacts are bad, yo.
>>29331367
>diamonds
>metal
Is not summer already or are you just drunk anon? Diamonds are simply too brittle.
>>29331449
Let's play a game. It's called spot the newfag.
>>29331459
newfag found
Diamonds are pretty cheap actually, they're used in concrete saws every day.
I can see it being very useful in body armour.
>>29331481
2/10
>super hard yet brittle, extremely expensive material
>vest made of many such tiny pieces
>even if there's no penetration 100% of the impact is transferred directly into a bullet-sized area in your torso
>your face when
>not making a suit of Dragonforce albums
Plebs
>>29331367
Dianmond
Metall
You are fucking retarded
>>29331459
Found one
>>29331601
Hi new friend. welcome to our incan decorative stair building forum.
>>29331367
>Diamond is the hardest metal
Oldie but a goodie.
>>29331367
It would be too dangerous. If someone would fire a diamond bullet at it, neither of them would break and you'd be essentially putting an unstoppable force against an immovable object. That would mean the energy between the bullet and the vest would approach infinity, creating a huge explosion.
>>29331367
If one could make a diamond-kevlar composite, maybe. Then again, I am not sure how to solve the issue with diamond being brittle af.
>>29331394
The same "They" that Alex Jones is constantly referring to.
>>29331449
>doesnt know the hardest metal known to man is dragonforce
Lurk more
>>29331419
Thats has some crazy potential.
>>29331367
What is carbon nano tube for $500 Alex?
>>29331853
Sublime post
Newfags out in force today
>>29331853
Kek. It's been quite a few years since I've seen that image posted
>>29331809
Just how fucking old is this meme? I've been coming here for some odd eight years and don't remember this.
>>29331367
>Hardest metal
Not even close
>>29331780
>incan decorative stair building forum
someone somewhere has to collect these,
>mfw
>>29331481
>>29331521
Industrial diamonds are (relatively) cheap. We use them all the time in my lab. They're also not even slightly rare, since they can be made with (again, relative) ease.
>>29333626
no
they are meant to be objects d' moment
tears in the rain, friend. Collecting them makes them nothing but overused and tired cliches.
>>29333591
Its from 2005 son
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/diamond-the-hardest-metal
>>29331367
>Diamond Bullets
Boom, checkmate atheists.
>>29331367
Expensive, small size. Diamonds are difficult to mold into one big solid plate. 3rd hardest material in the world is boron carbide. SAPI's are made from boron carbide.
>>29331367
Too heavy. Game Theory came up with some ridiculous amount that diamond armor would weigh.
>>29333612
You
I like you
>This is now a sabaton thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLt0lerdgKs
>>29331367
What you'd want is something denser and heavier. Conservation of momentum. If you did a diamond-ceramic plate thingy you'd be essentially making what's already being made for ceramics armor plates.
>>29333906
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>>29331367
Because 'hardest' and 'toughest' are different, and generally mutually exclusive.
Someone will say cost - well no, artificial diamonds are inexpensive enough to do this with, if they would work. They would not. They'd just shatter when hit.
What you want for armour is something tough, not too hard, something that holds together and will bend or deform a little under extreme stress rather than shatter.
>>29331821
Oh THEM.
>>29331367
Because diamond is flammable
>>29331389
undepleted DU armor makes sure that your armor is harder than their bullets
>>29334423
>not de-depleting your DU armor for maximum protection
>>29334191
Everything is flammable if you try hard enough.
>>29335128
But diamond burns up in housefires, so it's normal flammable. A diamond is nothing more than a charcoal briquet that's overripe.
>>29331367
brittle and chips/shatters.
You know not the properties of diamond.
Material science is not your friend.
