How about in this modern world with copper coated lead projectiles giving way to DU bullets vs clay or brick armor?
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Just wanted to argue on this point.
- Averted in Iron Man, where Tony Stark's suit of armor is made primarily of titanium, but he adds in some gold to the design to counteract the issue of icing once it reaches high altitudes.
- Then again, titanium itself is often used as a 'always better than steel' metal in modern fiction, despite having some very real drawbacks. Iron Man's armor is quite thin, and while titanium is stronger than steel per kilogram/pound, it is not stronger per cm/inch thickness.
While titanium is not particularly strong, it strong for its weight, and that is very important in a suit that needs to fly. Since the Iron Man suit is already durable enough to be bullet-proof, I'm guessing Tony was worried more about being able to not crash and die.
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Heya, hate to be a ball breaker, but iron is in no way stronger than bronze. Bronze is much harder than Iron. Iron supplanted bronze in tool and warfare use because it was far more widely available than copper or tin, and it was much easier to make than Bronze. Steel isn't quite as hard as bronze either, but it can be made to have a better hard/flexible combination than Bronze.
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Most games tend to have iron as the stronger material, though, even if that isn't entirely accurate.
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