Kevlar, for example, now that's a complex chemical.
Mu Dinofiddler,
Tue 25 Aug 2009, 23:15,
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Hmmm. Looks like a protein with the alpha carbons replaced by phenyl groups.Proteins, now THERE's a complex chemical.
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The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated,
Tue 25 Aug 2009, 23:19,
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Yeah, but kevlar can stop bullets.And it's a polymer, not a protein.
( Mu Dinofiddler,
Tue 25 Aug 2009, 23:21,
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This is true. I expect that some sort of exoskeleton made from protein and metal ions might do so too.Or maybe just chitin.
( The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated,
Tue 25 Aug 2009, 23:26,
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