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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. Eyeglasses by eyempack · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I hope this world beating deleopment helps them make my lava lamp clearer, My eye glasses less smudggy and monicle more sherlock holmes-ish

  2. Re:Insert ... by truthgun · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yay! I was going to but you beat me to it. =)

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