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Transparent Aluminium

Posted by Hemos on from the making-things-more-clear dept.

Lynx writes "As the german magazine Spiegel reports, scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies have developed a transparent tile made from aluminium oxide pellets baked at 1200C. The material is very hard, and could be used as bulletproof windows." Use the fish.

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  1. Scotty finally came through! by ender81b · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ha! That guy finally figured out those equations Scotty gave to him back in Star Trek IV! Another technological breakthough thanks to good 'ol Scotty.

    1. Re:Scotty finally came through! by Treeluvinhippy · · Score: 4, Funny

      Ay, but how do we know he didn't invent the thing?

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  2. Combine some transparent aluminum... by ARColeslaw · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...with some transparent concrete to build a transparent house! Now people who want to live in a "glass" house don't have to worry about throwing things at each other! Oh, but they still have to worry about being naked...

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    ...would you like coleslaw with that?
  3. Re: Hardness and strength not the same thing. by armb · · Score: 5, Funny

    P.S. Considering the number of people who are confused about the difference between silicon and silicone, it's not surprising some can't tell the difference between aluminium and alumina (aluminium oxide).

    (Aluminum/aluminium is just US/international spelling. Looking at the original German article it uses "Aluminiumoxid" where the fish translation has alumina.)

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  4. The real application by bunyip · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unbreakable beer glass.

    As an aficionado of German beer, I'm sure that this will be the first real application. They just want to get the military to pay for some cool toys along the way.