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How Stuff Works on AHCH TV- Aluminum (Transparent)
Surmet Corporation ^
| 2011
| Surmet Corporation
Posted on 06/19/2014 3:53:09 AM PDT by mabarker1
ALON® is an amazing new advanced ceramic that is based on a composition of aluminum oxy nitride with a cubic spinel crystal structure. It is hard, durable, and transparent in the near ultra violet, visible and near infrared wavelength of light. ALON® is synthesized and manufactured in tonnage commercial quantities by Surmet Corporation, the global leader in transparent optical ceramics technologies. Surmet is vertically integrated and synthesizes tonnage quantities of high purity ALON® powder for its own use. Surmet is a supplier of ALON® optical windows, domes, plates, rods and tubes for advanced applications. Fabricated ALON® products combine superior mechanical and optical properties matching those of sapphire with the added advantages of an isotropic cubic crystal structure. ALON® is an ideal material for applications requiring high strength light-weight durability and transparency in the face of world's most demanding environments.
TOPICS: Education; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: doctormccoy; notnowmadeline; plexicorp; sapphire; scotty; startrek; startrekiv; therebewhaleshere; thevoyagehome; transparentaluminum
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It's here. Beam Me up, Scotty
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posted on
06/19/2014 3:53:09 AM PDT
by
mabarker1
To: SgtBob; Chode; B4Ranch; prisoner6
Something different than the News.
Ping
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posted on
06/19/2014 3:54:20 AM PDT
by
mabarker1
(Please, Somebody Impeach the kenyan!!!! Once again dingy hairball, STFU!!! You corrupt POS!!!)
To: All
I got to finish up some work outside. I’ll be back later.
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posted on
06/19/2014 3:55:17 AM PDT
by
mabarker1
(Please, Somebody Impeach the kenyan!!!! Once again dingy hairball, STFU!!! You corrupt POS!!!)
To: mabarker1
All we need now is a warp drive, transporter, and a breeding pair of whales and we’re in business, Captain.
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posted on
06/19/2014 4:00:28 AM PDT
by
katana
(Just my opinions)
To: mabarker1
Optically transparent from the near ultra violet to the near infrared wavelength (0.25 to 4.6 microns)
A micron isn't much.
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posted on
06/19/2014 4:00:51 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: mabarker1
"Hello Computer?"
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posted on
06/19/2014 4:04:59 AM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
06/19/2014 4:05:06 AM PDT
by
Flick Lives
("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
To: mabarker1
McCoy: You realize that by giving him the formula you're altering the future. Scotty: Why? How do we know he didn't invent the thing?
--Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Awesome. Star Fleet will be established any day now.
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posted on
06/19/2014 4:06:23 AM PDT
by
exDemMom
(Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
To: mabarker1
added advantages of an isotropic cubic crystal structureI have to confess that I don't know what those advantages are.
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posted on
06/19/2014 4:09:32 AM PDT
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: mabarker1
I just want to know if it is strong enough to hold a couple of hump back whales and 50,000 cubic feet of water.
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posted on
06/19/2014 4:12:25 AM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: Flick Lives
A micron is a millionth of a meter.
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posted on
06/19/2014 4:13:31 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: mabarker1
To: mabarker1
“...and transparency in the face of world’s most demanding environments.”
Think we could slap a few coats of this stuff on Washington?
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posted on
06/19/2014 4:38:41 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: Jonty30
Sounds like it would be great as a coating for optical equipment in harsh environments like space. I wouldn't trust 4 microns as a window there but there are definite applications.
My personal favorite new technology is flash Bainite which was invented by a self taught Detroit metallurgist.
Flash Bainite
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posted on
06/19/2014 4:44:33 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: cripplecreek
To: Rodamala
When I am working on a a problem in front of people, I generally re-enact this scene as Scotty and speak into the mouse.
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posted on
06/19/2014 5:23:16 AM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: mabarker1
If it has structural strength, then it would be unnecessary to frame around windows. Whole walls could be built of the stuff, with the “glass” being a load-bearing element.
Think of what that could mean for skyscrapers, let alone residential properties.
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posted on
06/19/2014 5:33:07 AM PDT
by
IronJack
To: cripplecreek
Optically transparent from the near ultra violet to the near infrared wavelength (0.25 to 4.6 microns)
>> A micron isn't much. That's referring to the wavelengths of light to which the material is transparent. 4.6 micron is huge; at that wavelength a living human body is glowing.
To: cripplecreek
. I wouldn't trust 4 microns Just to belabor the point ...
4 microns IS NOT a reference to the thickness of the material. It refers to a wavelength of light to which the material is transparent.
To: mabarker1
At 3:55 AM, you’re working outside? Huh?
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posted on
06/19/2014 5:48:08 AM PDT
by
B4Ranch
(Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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