Spaceflight 🚀#Carbon #nanotube use in lightweight, high-performance armor materials, for example, in shields 🛡️ around #spacecraft to mitigate damage from flying high-speed #microdebris. "By adding Kevlar nanofibers, we were able to achieve nearly 100% 📈 improvement in energy dissipation performance at certain supersonic impact 💥 velocities" https://news.wisc.edu/new-lightweight-super-material-could-battle-bullets-deflect-space-debris/
New lightweight super material could battle bullets, deflect space debris
The carbon nanotube could be used in lightweight, high-performance armor materials, for example, in bulletproof vests to better protect the wearer or in shields around spacecraft to mitigate damage from flying high-speed microdebris.