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yuiyoshida

(41,864 posts) Wed Mar 6, 2019, 12:41 AM Mar 2019

Transparent Aluminum - Star Trek Technology is now Real

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Transparent Aluminum - Star Trek Technology is now Real (Original Post) yuiyoshida Mar 2019 OP

How wonderfully appropriate! Staph Mar 2019 #1

I'm waiting for the Super Tin Foil from the Roswell crash to become public... First Speaker Mar 2019 #2

I am not much of a geek, but when I first heard the words "transparent aluminum" OMGWTF Mar 2019 #3

Sapphire is "transparent aluminum" (as a compound) Steven Maurer Mar 2019 #4

Patented 1993 Ptah Mar 2019 #5

Specs for the spec-minded from a company that sells it.... KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2019 #6

Staph

(6,253 posts)

1. How wonderfully appropriate!

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 01:47 AM

Mar 2019

Sunday was the 99th anniversary of the original Montgomery Scott, James Doohan!

First Speaker

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2. I'm waiting for the Super Tin Foil from the Roswell crash to become public...

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 02:29 AM

Mar 2019

...you know--the super stuff that, when you crunch it up, magically reverts to its original state. Haven't they reverse-engineered the alien technology yet? It's only been 70 years...

OMGWTF

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3. I am not much of a geek, but when I first heard the words "transparent aluminum"

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 02:37 AM

Mar 2019

decades ago, the whole idea really turned me on. Yay science!

Steven Maurer

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4. Sapphire is "transparent aluminum" (as a compound)

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 03:14 AM

Mar 2019

So it's been around for a long time.

Ptah

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5. Patented 1993

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Wed Mar 6, 2019, 03:49 AM

Mar 2019

KY_EnviroGuy

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6. Specs for the spec-minded from a company that sells it....

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 04:13 AM

Mar 2019

Physical properties of ALON:

Surmet ALON Product Sheet
See: http://www.surmet.com/docs/Product_sheet_ALON.pdf

Primary web site:

Surmet - Global leader in Transparent Ceramics Manufacturing | ALON - Aluminum Oxynitride | Magnesium Aluminate Spinel | Lightweight Transparent Armor | Infrared Optics

Link: http://www.surmet.com/

An article I found said they have made windows as large as 18-inches by 3-ft.

Judging from their news section, DOD is putting a lot of funding into further R&D for this material.

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