Take the tour ×  Is it possible to make use of paper/bill
permeate by chemical compound to became a paper-made bullet-
proof vest?  This is inspired by Greece and Italy tend to have
more riot than rest of the Europe and if they use their own
currency, they could make a cheaper bullet-vest with their money
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down vote accepted  I do hope this is a serious question rather
than just a (admittedly amusing :-) comment on the Euro crisis,
because it's a good question.  Bulletproof vests generally work
by dissipating the energy of the bullet. In the case of Kevlar,
snapping the Kevlar fibres in the vset takes a lot of energy and
this slows the bullet down enough to stop it penetrating the
vest.  Any fibres with similar properties would work. Paper is
mainly made of cellulose and indeed cellulose fibres have been
tested for bullet proof vests. See for example
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jan/083/. Note however that the
title of the article is a bit mislea