Why don't they make bulletproof vests etc. out of diamond if it is the hardest metal?

Why don't they make bulletproof vests etc. out of diamond if it is the hardest metal?

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because you'd look way too gay. Like, Freddy Mercury gay

Because it's too heavy. 1 gram of diamond is like 13 grams.

insert old Sup Forums diamond argument here

Diamond is not even one of the top 3 metals/minerals, retard.

Captain?

Wow that's really gay

Drive a car made of diamonds into a wall made of diamonds. Livestream it.

my dick is dimonds

its 15 grams faggot
not 13 god such a moron

You raise an interesting point despite your overall question being retarded. We spend so much refining penetration weapons and explosives and comparatively little on protection from them. Kek.

Really? You can't all be this stupid?

Its because diamonds are so expensive

bruh only in jewelry

>diamonds are expensive
someone hasn't woken up yet

Because you can shatter a diamond by dropping it on concrete. A bullet delivers much more force.

What are your top 3 bro

For me its:
1a. Corundum. Badass shit pretty hard, makes rubys and sapphires
1b. Diopside. Cool ass name
2. Silver. Everybody likes gold but silver is neato bandito
3. Apatite. Underrated asf

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is this a meme? we have industrial diamonds that are super cheap we use them for drills

Bullet must be shock absorbed by the vest... Hard material will actually hurt a lot more. But, you know this.

then they would make bullets out of diamonds OP, you silly faggot

.... then if they're so cheap why don't we make bulletproof vests out of these ahem "industrial diamonds"

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weight

the bullet would just drive the diamond into your chest.

yes

What about a bullet made of diamonds? That would be similar to dividing by zero I think.

then why do we not make bulletproof vests out of bullets

because its hard to find

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Because then criminals would start making bullets out of diamond and they don't want to cause that kind of escalation.

What they should do if they were smart was have people shoot themselves with small caliber ammunition to build up a resistance to bullets. Then you wouldn't need a bulletproof vest.

Price. Weight. Lack of flexibility.

This has to be the dumbest question ever!

hardness =/= durability

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