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  2. Bulletproof vest - Wikipedia

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    Ballistic nylon (until the 1970s) or Kevlar, Twaron [92] or Spectra (a competitor for Kevlar) or polyethylene fiber could be used to manufacture bullet proof vests. The vests of the time were made of ballistic nylon & supplemented by plates of fiber-glass, steel, ceramic, titanium, Doron & composites of ceramic and fiberglass, the last being ...

  3. Lester Shubin - Wikipedia

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    [6] [1] Shubin received a $5 million grant to research the use of the fabric in bullet-proof vests. In 1975, the federal government distributed 5,000 Kevlar vests to 15 police departments. In the first year of deployment, two police officers wearing the vests were shot with handguns and two others were attacked with knives.

  4. Kevlar - Wikipedia

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    Kevlar (para-aramid) [2] is a strong, heat-resistant synthetic fiber, related to other aramids such as Nomex and Technora.Developed by Stephanie Kwolek at DuPont in 1965, [3] [2] [4] the high-strength material was first used commercially in the early 1970s as a replacement for steel in racing tires.

  5. Panic buttons, Kevlar vests and bulletproof glass: Election ...

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    BRIGHTON, Colo. ‒ Bulletproof glass. Security cameras. Panic buttons. ... “The first 16 years of this job, I didn't know a single elections official wearing a Kevlar vest. And now I know many ...

  6. Interceptor multi-threat body armor system - Wikipedia

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    The IBA system consists of an Outer Tactical Vest (OTV) and two Small Arms Protective Insert (SAPI) ballistic plates. The OTV features a carrier shell, and three main (flexible) ballistic panel inserts (front left and front right panels, and a rear back panel), [4] which are made with a finely woven Kevlar KM2 fiber. These two parts of the vest ...

  7. Stephanie Kwolek - Wikipedia

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    Still, Kwolek continued research on Kevlar derivatives. [23] She did not profit from DuPont's products, as she signed over the Kevlar patent to the company. [24] Kevlar is used in more than 200 applications, including tennis rackets, skis, parachute lines, boats, airplanes, ropes, cables, and bullet-proof vests. [1]

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