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Cheap Transparent Aluminum

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Robby Altair
#1 - 2015-04-28 20:28:58 UTC
Be still my Trekkie geek heart. Whale size fish tanks for all. Big smile

Transparent Armor from NRL

Transparent aluminum soda cans. Technology marches on.....

Ref:

Breakthough Makes Transparent Aluminum Affordable

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Sturmwolke
#2 - 2015-04-28 21:43:14 UTC
Imagine transparent stormtrooper armor .... any females around?
Solecist Project
#3 - 2015-04-28 22:47:35 UTC
Sheeesh, that's soooo old ....
.... they showed it in Star Trek decades ago!

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Ila Dace
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2015-04-29 04:26:02 UTC
Isn't transparent aluminum, um, sapphire?

Also, dig that this thread was right next to the thread about NASA accidentally discovering a warp drive.

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Ishtanchuk Fazmarai
#5 - 2015-04-29 06:50:15 UTC
Technically, spinel should be called "transparent magnesium". Admittedly, it doesn't haves the same ring to it...

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