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d3o (dee-three-oh) is a dilatant material developed by the British chemical engineering company d3o Lab. d3o Lab was founded by Richard Palmer and specializes in creating unique polymers.
This lightweight material is very flexible and malleable, until subjected to abrupt force, making it useful in protective clothing in situations where the wearer may be exposed to blunt trauma.
The material has been used in the production of protective garments used by US and Canadian skiers during the 2006 Winter Olympic Games.[1]
Properties
- Density: 0.5 - 0.65 g/cm3
- Shear Hardness: 65 - 81 - "00"
- Melting Point: d3o is a thermosetting plastic
- Operating temperature range: -55°C to 120°C
- Shelf life: Over 4 years
- Non-toxic
- Repeat washing: 40 washes at 40°C
- Tensile strength: 1Mpa according to the standard BS EN ISO 1798:2000
Source:[2]
Products using d3o
Since 2005, d3o has been incorporated in several product ranges:
- Within the snowsports market, d3o has been used by Olympic GS in racing suits for the US and Canadian teams, outerwear in jackets and pants, base layers, and beanies
- Football (soccer) shin guards and goalkeeping gloves have been developed by Sells Goalkeeper Products
- Integrated into motorcycle gloves for protection of the back of the hands and the knuckles
- Early building blocks of molecular armor
- d3o skins are available to protect the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch in silver and black.
- In the inner structure of the smart gloves
- In sixsixone bike protection evo equipment
- In Pointe d30 Juliet ballet shoe[3]
- In the Cookie Ozone Skydiving helmet by Cookie Composites[4]
- Musto Recoil Shield - a game or clay shooting shoulder pad that provides protection from a recoiling gun
- In the Head Youtek racquets
- Gunn & Moore Cricket Batting Protection (Batting pads, and batting gloves)[5]
- Lacrosse Gear- Kyle Harrison's K18 Line
- Protective Baseball gear by All-Star Sports
Awards
See also
References
- ↑ "US and Canadian Skiers Get Smart Armour"
- ↑ http://www.d3olab.com/pdf/10mm.pdf
- ↑ Capulet World. "Pointe d30 Evolution Juliet product page". Retrieved 2009-08-28.
- ↑ Cookie Composities. "Ozone Helmet Product Page". Retrieved 2009-08-28.
- ↑ Pro4Sport. "Pro4Sport Ltd - d3o Protection". Retrieved 2010-01-14.
External links
- Official website
- "d3o Create Intelligent Material for Use in Protective Clothing"
- "d3o video demonstration"
- "Pointe d30 Evolution ballet shoe"
- "Shock factor"
- Business Week Article
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