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Transparent aluminium
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:46 pm
by Smivs
Who could forget Scotty's infamous transparent aluminium used to transport whales into the future to save the World?
Well, it looks like we're a
step closer.
Re: Transparent aluminium
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:58 pm
by JensAyton
Metallic glasses aren’t transparent.
Re: Transparent aluminium
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:58 pm
by Eric Walch
Smivs wrote:Who could forget Scotty's infamous transparent aluminium used to transport whales into the future to save the World?
Well, it looks like we're a
step closer.
Scotty referred aluminium-oxide, not metallic aluminium. One of the crystal forms of aluminium-oxide is
sapphire (Al2O3). Quite strong indeed. But not a new material as the first wide scale use of transparent synthetic sapphire was with the introduction of the orange Sodium street-lights.
And Ahruman is right, 'glasses' in metallic-glasses does not refer to transparency but to the absence of crystals.
Re: Transparent aluminium
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:30 am
by ClymAngus
Tech smack down!
Re: Transparent aluminium
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 8:07 am
by Smivs
What has happened to journalistic standards? Nowhere in the f*****g article does it say it's
not transparent. What's a poor Pumpkin supposed to think?
