Transparent Aluminum to replace bulletproof windows?

[JEDI]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_oxynitride

1.6" thick ALON armor is capable of stopping .50 BMG armor piercing rounds, which can penetrate 3.7" of bulletproof glass.

Lighter, stronger...

 

[Thebobo]

 

[JEDI]

yeah.. star trek.
spocks death generated an article about star trek tech that came true.

universal translator (see my other thread) and transparent AL were 2 of them

 

[Fenixgoon]

just to clarify, ALON is not metallic...otherwise aluminum would also be transparent in the form of sapphire (single crystal aluminum oxide)

 

[Fanatical Meat]

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