Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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.

1 of 276 comments (clear)

  1. Germany? by rnturn · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I thought Scotty gave the process for transparent aluminum to a Bay Area company.

    --
    CUR ALLOC 20195.....5804M