Posted on 06/19/2014 3:53:09 AM PDT by mabarker1
ALON® is an amazing new advanced ceramic that is based on a composition of aluminum oxy nitride with a cubic spinel crystal structure. It is hard, durable, and transparent in the near ultra violet, visible and near infrared wavelength of light. ALON® is synthesized and manufactured in tonnage commercial quantities by Surmet Corporation, the global leader in transparent optical ceramics technologies. Surmet is vertically integrated and synthesizes tonnage quantities of high purity ALON® powder for its own use. Surmet is a supplier of ALON® optical windows, domes, plates, rods and tubes for advanced applications. Fabricated ALON® products combine superior mechanical and optical properties matching those of sapphire with the added advantages of an isotropic cubic crystal structure. ALON® is an ideal material for applications requiring high strength light-weight durability and transparency in the face of world's most demanding environments.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes it looks that way.
They used Plexiglass in the movie. Wouldn’t have needed near as much steel.
Maybe it could make a windshield that doesn’t get broken by rocks. I have never owned a car that sisn’t have a windshield broken by a rock.
It would mean no more acrophobics like me entering skyscrapers, for one thing. For another, it would become a requirement as part of the surveillance state buildout.
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