Timeline for Could a Super-Light Gas Improve Heavy Armor?
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| Jul 27, 2017 at 3:34 | comment | added | Criticizing Israel not allowed | The upwards force generated by the gas most certainly is minimal, because there is none. | |
| Jul 25, 2017 at 20:02 | comment | added | Hyfnae | @pojo-guy it was more meant as an anecdotal reference to an existing and widely known fantasy concept. The actual properties on which it's based are irrelevant for the purpose, all that matters are the properties of the material. | |
| Jul 25, 2017 at 19:53 | comment | added | pojo-guy | I thought that mithril was titanium, based on its descriptions and properties. | |
| Jul 25, 2017 at 15:55 | comment | added | Shufflepants | Any physics based answer which actually makes the armor weigh less and have less inertia will amount to the answer: Get a substance that is stronger per unit weight, or barring that, have less armor. | |
| Jul 25, 2017 at 15:35 | comment | added | mmur | Thanks for the answer. It makes sense that volume of the gas is the main factor here, considering blimps and the like. | |
| Jul 25, 2017 at 14:59 | comment | added | ZioByte | @Hyfnae: Metal is not the only choice. You can use some composite material (e.g.: kevlar or carbon fiber) to have comparable sturdiness with much less weight. Japanese historic armors were largely lighter than western ones being made in lacquered bamboo wood. Modern materials have an even greater edge. | |
| Jul 25, 2017 at 14:48 | comment | added | Hyfnae | @sdfgeoff raises an excellent point with the inertia, I completely forgot about that in my answer. | |
| Jul 25, 2017 at 14:46 | comment | added | sdfgeoff | Also, it would not reduce the inertia of the armor any... | |
| Jul 25, 2017 at 14:38 | history | answered | Hyfnae | CC BY-SA 3.0 |