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Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts) Wed Mar 26, 2014, 10:08 PM Mar 2014

This has been gnawing at me for some time and I'm afraid I can't keep it in any longer

Captain America's shield is made of Vibranium, a metal that absorbs all kinetic force applied against it. It is what allowed him to shield himself from a blow from Thor's hammer, Mjolnir.

But if the shield doesn't transmit kinetic force then how is Captain America able to bounce it off of objects?

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This has been gnawing at me for some time and I'm afraid I can't keep it in any longer (Original Post) Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2014 OP

The edge is probably made of caromium pscot Mar 2014 #1

If you have a substance like Vibranium... hunter Mar 2014 #2

pscot

(21,024 posts)

1. The edge is probably made of caromium

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2014, 10:37 PM

Mar 2014

a lively element found only in certain meteorites that have bounced off Saturn's rings.

hunter

(38,304 posts)

2. If you have a substance like Vibranium...

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2014, 11:23 PM

Mar 2014

... then why the heck does that flying aircraft carrier thing in the Avengers movie need fans?

Why isn't Vibranium used to build some kind of "anti-gravity" engine? If you have a substance that "absorbs" kinetic energy from one direction you can build a machine able to "lift itself up by its bootstraps."

You could even fly to Mars at a comfortable constant acceleration, just like Star Trek.

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