Is liquid metal armor real?

Question

I just read a book called Map of Bones that is like the Da Vinci code. It talks about liquid metal armor and the author says it's real. I tried looking for it in the internet but so far I had no luck. Can someone please tell me where I can find a passage about it in the internet?

Answer 1

I highly doubt that there is a liquid metal armor. The only metal that's liquid is Murcury, which is a hazardous material. Exposure to murcury causes serious nervous disorders, and can kill in lethal doses. Most armor is a secret alloy that is very dense and in very thick plates used on armored vehicle, or tanks. Body armor is actually a synthetic fabric (kevlar) that is woven and in layers to make the body armor bullet resistant. Note the word resistant, not bullet proof. There is no body armor that is bullet proof. The layers of kevlar only disburse the energy from a bullet as it passes through the layers of fabric, slowing the bullet down to a non-lethal speed. The wearer still gets a bruise from the bullet.

Answer 2

"A revolution in metals has arrived. NASA, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the U.S. Department of Energy united to help develop a new building material. "Liquidmetal" is a type of alloy, a mix of three or more metals, with characteristics similar to plastic that cools quickly and has more than twice the strength of titanium".

God Bless You and The Southern People

Answer 3

The author said it's real.....?

As in, he narrated the story as himself and the narrator said so....?

Or like, in the introduction or footnotes?

Or a character in the story said it was real?

Because many of these options means the AUTHOR was actually telling you it's not true. Let me guess, the book is under the fiction category?

Answer 4

there is a "reactive gel" type armor that is in a semi-liquid state until it is impacted by something, then it hardens. there is also a product called "liquid metal" which is a non crystalline form of metal still being scientifically evaluated.

Answer 5

It's real, just not viable yet