11-18-2009::Show No.25 (2 parts)- SCIENCE!!

KEVLAR®

poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide

(KEVLAR® is a registered trademark of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company)

Sorry it took a few weeks.. but this was a lot of work!  I intended this to be a big episode and it is.. so much that I couldn't get it into 2 hours.. so I split it in half.  Both parts are just over an hour each.  Hope you enjoy it!

    PART 1
     PART 2

1. Visit Average Joe's Website
2. Email Doc
   
3. Gun Rights Radio Network
   
4. PART 1:  News: BIOLOGY.. Should hunters go GREEN?
   
5. On the Web:  VELOCITY..We talk to Jim Downey at ballisticsbytheinch.com
   
6. PART 2:  Gun Tech:  PRESSURE.. AJ talks about bullet expansion testing from over the summer (and a bonus review of the Legacy Citadel 1911).
   
7. Show Topic: CHEMISTRY AND FORCE.. BULLETPROOF?? A brief discussion on ballistics, armor and KEVLAR®..

          Incredible Strength

   Fibers of KEVLAR consist of long molecular 

    chains produced from poly-paraphenylene 

      terephthalamide. The chains are highly 
   oriented with strong interchain bonding, which 

     result in a unique combination of properties

Show Links:

• Average Joe's Handgun Review
• Ballistics By The Inch
• BBTI Article in Concealed Carry Magazine (pdf) 
• NIJ Ballistic Standards for Body Armor (US DOJ Website)
  
• Official Website for DuPont Kevlar®
• Velocity Formulas (math heavy)
• Bulletproof by Red Murphy on Garageband.com 
• Buckaroo Banzai

     .44MAG TEST SHOWING BACKFACE DEFORMATION                  

       

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