{"id":7100,"date":"2010-01-31T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-31T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/spongy-steel-wont-soak-up-a-mess-but-it-could-save-your-ass-in-a-firefight-science\/"},"modified":"2010-01-31T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-31T16:00:00","slug":"spongy-steel-wont-soak-up-a-mess-but-it-could-save-your-ass-in-a-firefight-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/spongy-steel-wont-soak-up-a-mess-but-it-could-save-your-ass-in-a-firefight-science.php","title":{"rendered":"Spongy Steel Won’t Soak Up a Mess, But It Could Save Your Ass in a Firefight [Science]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Future comic book heroes may be referred to as Men of Spongy Steel<\/a> if one researcher's experimental metal makes it out of the lab and into real-world applications.<\/p>

There's no fancy name attached to this stuff yet, so we'll just call it steel foam for now. Name or no name, its various applications (tested in the lab) still sound incredible:<\/p>

Rough traffic accident calculations show that by inserting two pieces of her composite metal foam behind the bumper of a car traveling 28 mph, the impact would feel the same to passengers as impact traveling at only 5 mph.<\/p><\/blockquote>

Then there's the smash test, wherein researcher and materials scientist Afsaneh Rabiei takes a piece of steel and a piece of foam steel<\/a> and smashes them both into a base plate at high speed. After the test, there's a clear indentation in the traditional steel, while the foam shows no damage whatsoever. Energy absorption, and all that.<\/p>

As the article notes, metal foam isn't exactly a new invention, but these tests show Rabiei's may be the strongest version yet. Already scientists' minds are swimming with applications for this super spongy steel, most notably body armor<\/a>, artificial limbs, boats and airplanes. [Live Science<\/a> via Neatorama<\/a>]<\/p>

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