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Ultra-pure Glass Made with Levitation

Posted by michael on from the levitate-this dept.

lc_overlord writes "Space.com has a story on a new type of glass. 'Using static electricity fields to levitate the material, scientists were able to construct a pure glass, free of any contamination typically associated with containers.' The glass is made of rare earth aluminum oxide and small amounts of silicon dioxide."

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  1. Re:Frist PSot!"! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I know soviets could do it with kilograms back in the day. Which compared to launching a foundtry into space, works out pretty good.

    Things are just a little weirder than is immediatly obvious when freed from gravity. There's more going on than, "Hey, free floating!"

  2. Re:Eyeglasses by walt-sjc · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Think less loss in fiber optic cables, better lenses for microscopes / telescopes, etc.