• Metal Smasher Makes Aluminum as Strong as Steel
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What would happen if we used this on stronger metals. Steel that's as hard as diamond?
Aluminum, not Aluminium.
this is good because aluminum is insanely common and easy to produce(compared to the 1800's. the top of the washington monument is capped with solid aluminum. that shows how rare it was.)
Before we know it, NATO troops will have exoskeletons
How about airships, or even better, cheap spaceships.
[QUOTE]as well as metal armor light enough for soldiers to wear in battle.[/QUOTE] All I needed to hear. [IMG]http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090131163623/fallout/images/3/34/T-51b_Power_Armor.png[/IMG] Brotherhood, of uhhhh Aluminum.
[QUOTE=BANNED USER;24948056]Aluminum, not Aluminium.[/QUOTE] It seems that the article is about Australian scientists doing this, and we spell it as "aluminium" here.
[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;24950159]All I needed to hear. [IMG]http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090131163623/fallout/images/3/34/T-51b_Power_Armor.png[/IMG] Brotherhood, of uhhhh Aluminum.[/QUOTE] [img]http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091110212029/stalker/images/3/3f/Exo_Merc_Front.jpg[/img] The superior exoskeleton.
So those times when I was younger and I compacted aluminum foil in my lunch I was actually making some kind of super metal? God damn I'm smart.
hey apple, carve laptops out of THIS SHIT.
Body armour applications? I'm willing to bet that modern ballistics ceramics are still lighter. Besides, it isn't armour that can slow soldiers down; it's load bearing. [QUOTE=Kiwi Bird;24949620]Before we know it, NATO troops will have exoskeletons[/QUOTE] Twenty to thirty years from now I can easily see hydraulic exoskeleton frames being in the norm for making almost total small arms ballistics protection feasable without sacrificing mobility. Regardless though, prevention is still the best protection.
Uhh, you can already buy titanium ballistic plates. They don't use them because they don't work as well as ceramic. Metal armor has to deflect blows to be effective. This is extremely difficult to do with a modern soldier and against firearm projectiles. Ceramic armor can absorb the impact. It destroys itself in the process, but the bullet's full force can collide with the soldier.
[QUOTE=RR_Raptor65;24941954]It would be more useful in the next generation of airplane.[/QUOTE] Exactly! Now the airplanes will do even more damage to buildings. Genius! :v:
[QUOTE=GunFox;24951069]Ceramic armor can absorb the impact. It destroys itself in the process, but the bullet's full force can collide with the soldier.[/QUOTE] Modern ceramics such as SAPI plates can take up to seven or eight hits before shattering completely into ineffective pieces. That's quite alot really. Too many people seem to get the idea that the future of body armour is either gaudy anime clunky metal exosuits, riot control gear, or spandex jumpsuits. Most the time with zero load bearing because, yknow, people can magically store stuff up their asses. My vision of the future soldier isn't too different from how soldiers look today.
Would be interesting to see what actual accomplishment they will make
[QUOTE=gerbile5;24943875]So? For Armour would it really matter?[/QUOTE] Well, just bring back flamethrowers, which work well against all armors, as they have a tendency to retain heat, thus boiling the user inside the suit. Only a temperature controlled suit could withstand such a treatment, and only for a few seconds. However, it would be better to simply put up fire traps or use incendiary rounds, as a flamethrower might be a bit too close for comfort with a walking tank.
[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;24950159]All I needed to hear. [IMG]http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090131163623/fallout/images/3/34/T-51b_Power_Armor.png[/IMG] Brotherhood, of uhhhh Aluminum.[/QUOTE] That always gives me a chuckle. even the strongest of metals get badly weakened by round impacts. All it takes is a few rounds hitting the same area and the bullets will begin to punch through. Rigid materials sustain a lot of damage when they get hit by bullets. [editline]04:26AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Loen;24951363]Modern ceramics such as SAPI plates can take up to seven or eight hits before shattering completely into ineffective pieces. That's quite alot really. Too many people seem to get the idea that the future of body armour is either gaudy anime clunky metal exosuits, riot control gear, or spandex jumpsuits. Most the time with zero load bearing because, yknow, people can magically store stuff up their asses. My vision of the future soldier isn't too different from how soldiers look today.[/QUOTE] I'm betting chain-mail type materials will be the future of body armor. It's very hard, yet ductile.
What I don't understand is that, for years, we've researched all these complex chemical and weave solutions, testing for the strongest, looking for the best. And then someone smashes two pieces of aluminum together really hard and its better than all of the above. HOW DID IT TAKE US SO LONG TO SMASH TWO PIECES OF ALUMINUM TOGETHER!?
It's a special kind of alloy that needs to be smashed together. They hadn't tried it with that alloy.
[QUOTE=Jurikuer;24943765]There is still one problem. Aluminum melts easily.[/QUOTE] Aero gel heat shielding sally, there's a problem solved. For infantry armour the melting point isn't an issue though unless suddenly the enemy come into a windfall of incendiary or sabot rounds.
So I can sprint in these now? [IMG]http://i35.tinypic.com/2wpv4fb.jpg[/IMG] Duty won't know what hit them. [editline]09:57PM[/editline] [QUOTE=hypno-toad;24953650]I'm betting chain-mail type materials will be the future of body armor. It's very hard, yet ductile.[/QUOTE] That would allow the bullet to transfer its energy to the victim through the armor. It would probably stop the bullet, but it would still badly injure or even kill you.
[QUOTE=Psychokitten;24966934]So I can sprint in these now? [IMG]http://i35.tinypic.com/2wpv4fb.jpg[/IMG] Bandits won't know what hit them. [/QUOTE] Fixed. Fucking bandits.
How expensive would this process be on a large scale? Aluminum is cheap, though how expensive is hammering the hell out of it?
Hopefully this catches on and they start using it to making hydraulic tools like these not weigh a fuck ton.(one of the rescue squads I am on has the exact ones in this picture the smaller one isn't that heavy but I can barely lift the spreaders) [IMG]http://www.redwoodcity.org/fire/operations/images/JAWS.JPG[/IMG]
Fuck yeah, time to make a set of power armor.
wait a fully loaded aircraft carrier? hoooooly shiiiit
[QUOTE=SteelReal;24951006]So those times when I was younger and I compacted aluminum foil in my lunch I was actually making some kind of super metal? God damn I'm smart.[/QUOTE] So you compacted foil during lunchtime at a pressure of 60,000 kilograms per square centimeter? Wow.
[quote] A meter-square plate of the processed alloy could withstand the weight of a fully loaded aircraft carrier.[/quote] Holy shit
[QUOTE=MadCatMkII;24971109]Holy shit[/QUOTE] How thick though?
[img]http://www.straferight.com/photopost/data/754/medium/TF2heavy023.jpg[/img] My fists, they are made of... aluminum!
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