{"id":199,"date":"2020-09-24T20:54:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T20:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/?p=199"},"modified":"2020-09-24T23:29:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T23:29:57","slug":"breaking-down-the-parts-of-body-armour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/2020\/09\/24\/breaking-down-the-parts-of-body-armour\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Down The Parts of Body Armour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:36% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/files\/2020\/09\/25.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/files\/2020\/09\/25.png 410w, https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/files\/2020\/09\/25-300x258.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Soft Armor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soft armor panels are typically constructed of<br>multiple layers of ballistic-resistant materials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Materials: <strong>Kevlar\u00ae\/Kevlar\u00ae29<\/strong> (synthetic fiber), <strong>Spectra<\/strong>\u00ae (ultra-high-strength polyethylene fiber), <strong>TWARON<\/strong>\u00ae (synthetic fiber),  <strong>Dyneema\u00ae<\/strong> (Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene), <strong>GoreTex\u00ae<\/strong> (waterproof, breathable fabric membrane), and <strong>CoolMax\u00ae<\/strong> (polyester fabric good for moisture-wicking and is breathable)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:35% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/files\/2020\/09\/26.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/files\/2020\/09\/26.png 410w, https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/files\/2020\/09\/26-300x258.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hard Armor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hard armor plates may be constructed from <strong>ceramics, compressed laminate sheets, metallic<\/strong><br><strong>plates<\/strong> or composites that incorporate more than one material. Generally speaking, hard armor plates work in one of two ways: They can <strong>capture<\/strong> and deform the bullet, or they can <strong>break up<\/strong> the bullet. In both instances, the armor then <strong>absorbs and distributes the force of the impact.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Common Types of Panels: Ceramics, Steel &amp; PE (Polyethylene)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">About Kevlar<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Watch In Slow-Motion As Kevlar Fibers Are Put To The Test\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ybgMEjl9j-g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":372,"featured_media":208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about-body-armour","category-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/372"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions\/219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/clarissamartins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}