about the gold bar post..can it be used as bullet-proof vest

• S2K4

  2 Jan 06, 00:50

  im wondering..
  
  as we all know that gold is one of the material has the highest density..
  
  but it is malleable when it is pure.....
  
  so can it be used to stop the bullet?
  
  
• ^tamago^

  2 Jan 06, 00:51

  don't think so. an alloy would make a better choice.
  
  heard of kevlar?
• Fatum

  2 Jan 06, 00:52

  
  do you know how heavy gold is ? ....
• SBS9828X

  2 Jan 06, 00:54

  gold is like the most heavy material sia... if u make it thin, since its malleable, it can prob pass through aso... if thick, ud suffer from heaviness
• matrixeg

  2 Jan 06, 00:58

  threadstarter is a wanker lar... why he cannot pop the q in the gold bar thread?
• JennTS

  2 Jan 06, 00:59

  i'd think that the bullet would go through it..
• SBS9828X

  2 Jan 06, 01:02

  issit true that the current ones are made of spiderwebs?
• ditzy

  2 Jan 06, 01:12

  Originally posted by S2K4:

  im wondering..
  
  as we all know that gold is one of the material has the highest density..
  
  but it is malleable when it is pure.....
  
  so can it be used to stop the bullet?
  
  

  Yes it can, but it won't be cheap.
• SMAPLionHeart

  2 Jan 06, 03:56

  why not use diamond then
  
  
• polarsnake

  2 Jan 06, 13:11

  Originally posted by ditzy:

  Yes it can, but it won't be cheap.

  And considering how money conscious our singapore government is, I bet they would be reluctant to do so
• sinicker

  2 Jan 06, 13:12

  kevlar, a component of my hockey stick.
• charlize

  2 Jan 06, 13:19

  I can imagine soldiers wearing thick gold plated vests going awol, never to be seen in Singapore again.
  
  
• alexkusu

  2 Jan 06, 13:21

  Would be a waste of $$ for someone like Smappy
• huiz

  2 Jan 06, 13:24

  i wonder wats the use of buying a gold bar & take it home to keep?
• CenturionMBT

  2 Jan 06, 16:08

  might as well wear depleted uranium as armour...
• CenturionMBT

  2 Jan 06, 16:10

  Originally posted by SBS9828X:

  issit true that the current ones are made of spiderwebs?

  they tried to but they can't make spiderwebs ...instead they managed to mke spider powder.
• newmanmback

  2 Jan 06, 16:11

  Originally posted by huiz:

  i wonder wats the use of buying a gold bar & take it home to keep?

  maybe he thinks when gold price really go uphe can easily sell the gold bar and make profits.....but i tink with the 23K~30k cash he exchange for a piece of heavy metal, he put it in standard chaartered bank e$aver can earn daily interest cradited into account every month with a 2.45% pa (though taxable) with profits of $500~$735 at no risk 12 months later andd so every year if the interest rate dun fluctuate that much
• ditzy

  2 Jan 06, 23:06

  Originally posted by CenturionMBT:

  might as well wear depleted uranium as armour...

  The supplier will provide you cover for 3 years worth of chemotherapy.