Could we make Vibranuim?
According to the comics,
Vibranium was made by an accident when scientist Myron McLain fell asleep while
making an alloy. But could we with today’s technology create vibranium? Here
are a few possibilities for creating Captain America's shield...
1. Titanium
In the movie Avengers: Age
of Ultron, Ultron asks Dr.Helen Cho to create a new body for him and while that
happens she discovers that Vibranium binds to cells. Now Titanium is sort of
like this, in dental implants the titanium present in the root of the tooth
eventually binds with the bone tissue. Also Titanium sort of fits the
description of Captain America's shield. Its density being 4.43g/cm^3 and the
shield weighing 5.4 Kg, we could make the shield.
The only problem is it cannot
absorb Kinetic Energy like the shield does, intact we don't have a metal that
does that. But titanium is pretty strong it can take up to 4429 kg/cm2.
Still not impressed? Some alloys of titanium can to 14061kg/cm2.
Researchers at the Johns
Hopkins Applied Physics lab are developing a kind of aerogel with can
absorb kinetic energy. It could be used to make armor and protective linings
for vehicles. This works because Aerogels have these tiny pores, which let
out air on impact thus cushioning the object it is protecting. It's made
by sandwiching aerogel and an organic substance. When it is
compressed there is very little recoil to making it excellent for something
like Vibranium.
3. Superalloys
Superalloys are alloys of metal which are really strong they can resist corrosion, oxidation, temperature changes, bending and whole lot of punishment. They are usually made up of Nickel,Cobalt,Titanium,Tantalum alloys. They are super expensive and require a special heating point where they can be forged.
Nickel and Tungsten based alloys have a superior heating resistance as well as being super tough.
They are used in industries and aircrafts as they require high temperature resisting equipment
They do cost a crap load of money and are really difficult to make.
Apparently there aren't many materials that resemble Vibranium, thus making this post short, but lets stop for a minute and say what if Vibranium exists, How could we destroy a material that can absorb Kinetic energy so well? Follow me to my next post on, How could we destroy Vibranium?
Thanks For Reading!
In the movie Avengers: Age
of Ultron, Ultron asks Dr.Helen Cho to create a new body for him and while that
happens she discovers that Vibranium binds to cells. Now Titanium is sort of
like this, in dental implants the titanium present in the root of the tooth
eventually binds with the bone tissue. Also Titanium sort of fits the
description of Captain America's shield. Its density being 4.43g/cm^3 and the
shield weighing 5.4 Kg, we could make the shield.
The only problem is it cannot
absorb Kinetic Energy like the shield does, intact we don't have a metal that
does that. But titanium is pretty strong it can take up to 4429 kg/cm2.
Still not impressed? Some alloys of titanium can to 14061kg/cm2.Superalloys are alloys of metal which are really strong they can resist corrosion, oxidation, temperature changes, bending and whole lot of punishment. They are usually made up of Nickel,Cobalt,Titanium,Tantalum alloys. They are super expensive and require a special heating point where they can be forged.Apparently there aren't many materials that resemble Vibranium, thus making this post short, but lets stop for a minute and say what if Vibranium exists, How could we destroy a material that can absorb Kinetic energy so well? Follow me to my next post on, How could we destroy Vibranium?
