How a single acid droplet turns aluminum see-through

Study Finds ^ | February 26, 2025 | Staff

[Nateman]

Gallium will do that too because of the same reason: ‘likes dissolve likes’. In the case of Gallium you need a slightly higher than room temperature. I heard of a joke where they gave new students Gallium spoons only to have it melt in their hands

[GingisK]

Alien slobber?

[Larry Lucido]

I spilled some on my ladder and now I can’t find it.

[GingisK]

Way cool!! I heard talk in the late 1960s regarding transparent aluminum. He was an ex-military guy.

[Lazamataz]

A single drop of acid will turn *everything* transparent....or psychedelic...

[epluribus_2]

Yeah but how do we know he didn’t invent the stuff?

[Larry Lucido]

Far out, man!

[Jim Noble]

Computer?

[Carry_Okie]

Now that’s amazing.

[Ezekiel]

The real question here, is

Where's Al?

[Bulwyf]

Perfect. I came to this article for this comment. Now imagine a Pakistani plane lol.

[Carry_Okie]

An image appropriately with Aztec overtones.

Is the snake redolent of Istil? If so, it needs wings.

[mikeus_maximus]

And here I thought transparent aluminum was science fiction.

[posterchild]

I was looking for this pic!

[mabarker1]

Star Trek

https://youtu.be/90eg_erObDo

[Charles Martel]

“A keyboard!? How quaint.”

[Palio di Siena]

Invisibility
Fat girl says to Al : Am I invisible to you?
Al says to fat girl: Possibly from Pluto.
Fat girl says: you say that to my face?
Al says: I’d say it to your back but my car is low on gas

[Ciaphas Cain]

I saw the headline and the comments do NOT disappoint! :-D

[blitz128]

Back in the day, “ and that day was Tuesday “ one of my prime reason to get on FR was the comments, sadly much less of a reason meow

Some people are just huge and series😎

[Cold Heart]

Last year there was an article here on FR about making wood transparent.

If this trend catches on people will be bumping into things a lot more.