Transparent Aluminium baby!
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think about CRT based TV's for instance. you hit the glass just right with a object....KABOOOM screen implodes with enough force to send glass and near-by objects flying.
use transparent aluminum, now you have the strength of metal, with the clarity of glass.
thats the kind of strength transparent aluminum will offer, and it will be come even stronger and clearer once the scientists refine and optimize the formula.
use transparent aluminum, now you have the strength of metal, with the clarity of glass.
thats the kind of strength transparent aluminum will offer, and it will be come even stronger and clearer once the scientists refine and optimize the formula.
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The question wasn't asked nor was it answered about the strength of this new material directly compaired to aluminum alloys we are used to using now. So, while I can appreciate your excitement, you are talking out of you’re a$$ again, Ace.
This is not even close to something you should base your oppinions on. This is a very rough idea, not a definitive answer
"They found that their samples were much harder than conventional silica-based glasses and were almost as hard as pure polycrystalline alumina."
This is not even close to something you should base your oppinions on. This is a very rough idea, not a definitive answer
"They found that their samples were much harder than conventional silica-based glasses and were almost as hard as pure polycrystalline alumina."
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STRESSTEST wrote:This is not even close to something you should base your oppinions on. This is a very rough idea, not a definitive answer
"They found that their samples were much harder than conventional silica-based glasses and were almost as hard as pure polycrystalline alumina."
notice i said.......
AceCombat wrote:use transparent aluminum, now you have the strength of metal, with the clarity of glass.
thats the kind of strength transparent aluminum will offer, and it will be come even stronger and clearer once the scientists refine and optimize the formula.
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for the record Ace, CRT's do not Explode, they implode.
CRT's have a very strong vacuum, so when the face is cracked, it SUCKS the fractured glass inward. The CRT is funnel shaped, and as the glass is sucked to the back, and bounces back out... it is a ricochets out.
For years the tube itselff has had a high impact glass lense over the actual face.
Also, a common practice when disposing of a dead CRT is to to crack the CRT gooseneck and release the vacuum so it is no longer anything but a bunch of glass
CRT's have a very strong vacuum, so when the face is cracked, it SUCKS the fractured glass inward. The CRT is funnel shaped, and as the glass is sucked to the back, and bounces back out... it is a ricochets out.
For years the tube itselff has had a high impact glass lense over the actual face.
Also, a common practice when disposing of a dead CRT is to to crack the CRT gooseneck and release the vacuum so it is no longer anything but a bunch of glass
Actually, I believe the point Ace was trying to make was that in the near future, we'll be able to see many applications for super-tough "glass" if you will, where this new method will have many benefits, especially after they improve the formula. CRT's being one of these applications, where instead of it shattering and imploding, you would just have a puncture hole and no mess.
Unfortunately, it was Ace talking, and it came out all screwed up.
Of course, knowing next to nothing about the technology or property of the material, it may shatter just like glass at a certain point. So the speculation was probably premature anyway.
Unfortunately, it was Ace talking, and it came out all screwed up.
Of course, knowing next to nothing about the technology or property of the material, it may shatter just like glass at a certain point. So the speculation was probably premature anyway.
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Just to clarify: this stuff is glass, not metal. I'm sure some of you understood this already, but it seemed like some people didn't.
"almost as hard as pure polycrystalline alumina" means it's almost as hard as the sand on conventional sandpaper. This is totally different from being almost as strong as solid metallic aluminum. Hardness != strength and alumina != aluminum.
"almost as hard as pure polycrystalline alumina" means it's almost as hard as the sand on conventional sandpaper. This is totally different from being almost as strong as solid metallic aluminum. Hardness != strength and alumina != aluminum.
You do realize this is a glass, and not a thermosetting polymer, do you not? You can no more make a strong aluminum polymer glass (a contradiction in terms) from alumina oxide than you can make a strong steel girder from rust, iron oxide.
No, what's most remarkable about this material isn't its tensile strength, but its optical properties. Meaning that while it is probably extremely fragile, it would make very good lenses for optical applications.
No, what's most remarkable about this material isn't its tensile strength, but its optical properties. Meaning that while it is probably extremely fragile, it would make very good lenses for optical applications.