Use of Alumina to manufacture ceramic armor is expected to grow with the highest CAGR during the forecasted period due to the properties like high modulus of elasticity, refractoriness, and hardness.

If you're deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan, you're no doubt the epitome of a modern soldier. But if you hear the hiss and thud of incoming bullets and live to tell the tale, you may well owe your life ...

(Nanowerk News) Currently, bullet-proof vests (soft or flexible composite armor used for body protection) are basically made from high stiffness and toughness, woven or laminated, polymeric fibers ...

Soldiers deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan face danger every day, but thanks to high-tech ceramics developed since the late 1960s, they have protection against numerous ballistic threats. In best-case ...

Materials used in armor have come a long way since ancient times when hides and skins were first used to protect the body. For many years, armors were produced using various metals and alloys. In ...

Pune, India, Feb. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to The insight Partners new research study on “Ceramic Armor Market to 2027” the ceramic armor market was valued at US$ 1,911.26 million in ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. (Jan. 17, 2013) -- It's the summer of 2005 and a squad of New York Army National Guard Soldiers is on patrol in Iraq. In an instant, their medic is struck by a round fired from ...

Mark Colin, Vice President and General Manager of the Advanced Ceramics Platform within 3M Advanced Materials Division, talks to AZoM about the benefits of ceramic armor and the Ceradyne and 3M ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Future American Soldiers will be better protected in combat by stronger and lighter body armor thanks to innovative work at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. Materials ...