What happens when aerogel material is hit

This slow-motion video demonstrates what happens when a piece of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) made with aerogels is hit by a high-momentum projectile (the momentum is eight times higher than that of a .45-caliber bullet). This video is Nicholas Leventis, professor of chemistry at the University of Missouri-Rolla (Missouri University of Science and Technology) and is used to compare the strength of aerogels to conventional armor-grade PMMA. (see related video, "Shattered!"). Video courtesy of Hongbing Lu, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, at Oklahoma State University.

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[andrewcareaga]

For happyidiottalk, here's the explanation (taken from the description): This slow-motion video demonstrates what happens when a piece of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) made with aerogels is hit by a high-momentum projectile (the momentum is eight times higher than that of a .45-caliber bullet).

[BucketHippo]

Wth was that? it looked like a horse pushing a cube and the cube pooped out diamonds into a checkerd box

[Domzdream]

What's happening. What are we looking at?

[ate8tree3]

Wow .. it is amazing..

but what exactly happened ?

[IBMegaG]

i dont get it..

[DrightJKayorent]

@letmeatem It makes a difference in how much weight you have to lift up into space,

and how much fuel you need to use to do it.

[MercedesCars454]

i cant recognize a thing

[va3atc]

nuts. Just one or two more seconds would have been awesome. It looked like the armour was buckling but we'll never know.. arg!

[MetalTala]

it wuz a yoshis island block

[orangejump11]

wo crazy

[soylentgreenb]

Perhaps you should read the description then?

[YINGAI1995]

yeah