8 years ago
This metal foam can turn speeding bullets into dust
Scientists have developed a lightweight metal foam which can turn speeding armour-piercing bullets into dust in the blink of an eye. The revolutionary material has applications in a number of areas, from the battlefield to space exploration and nuclear waste storage. Afsaneh Rabiei, mechanical and aerospace engineering professor at North Carolina State University, has spent her career working on composite metal foams, or CMFs.
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