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New glass almost as tough as steel [Transparent Aluminum!]
phys.org ^ | 11/04/2015 | Staff

Posted on 11/04/2015 1:21:58 PM PST by Red Badger

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1 posted on 11/04/2015 1:21:58 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Way to go, Scottie!


2 posted on 11/04/2015 1:23:08 PM PST by freepertoo
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To: Red Badger

Looks promising. Practical consumer applications?


3 posted on 11/04/2015 1:23:15 PM PST by NY Cajun (I contributed to her pink slip this morning.)
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To: Red Badger; GraceG; SevenofNine
Some Nut back in the 80's in San Francisco claimed a Man from the future gave him the formula.

What ever happened to that?

4 posted on 11/04/2015 1:23:58 PM PST by KC_Lion (The fences are going up all over Europe. We shall not see them down again in our lifetime.)
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To: Red Badger

finally a way to build wonder woman’s jet...


5 posted on 11/04/2015 1:24:05 PM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: NY Cajun

Cell phones, tablets, glass tables. skyscrapers, doors, windows.


6 posted on 11/04/2015 1:24:17 PM PST by NYRepublican72 (Democrats -- it's always someone else's fault.)
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To: Red Badger

Yes, used by whales for time travel in Star Trek. I remember that.


7 posted on 11/04/2015 1:24:55 PM PST by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: KC_Lion

He works for Apple, making iPhone screens............................


8 posted on 11/04/2015 1:25:12 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Red Badger

Dangerous stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7bGw3wnXVs


9 posted on 11/04/2015 1:25:50 PM PST by samtheman (I will build a great, great wall on our southern border... - DT)
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To: NY Cajun

How about screens for tablets that don’t shatter when your kids drop them on the floor?


10 posted on 11/04/2015 1:26:01 PM PST by Hotlanta Mike ('You can avoid reality, but you can�t avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.�)
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To: NY Cajun

Whatever is made of glass and is breakable, now won’t.....................


11 posted on 11/04/2015 1:26:05 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: NY Cajun

I’m hoping for some eyeglasses that won’t scratch, shatter or become diffused...........................


12 posted on 11/04/2015 1:27:13 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: A CA Guy

Where do you keep your nuclear weapons?......................


13 posted on 11/04/2015 1:27:45 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Red Badger

BFL


14 posted on 11/04/2015 1:28:50 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame enobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: Red Badger

I invented glass as hard as steel years ago. I just couldn’t solve the one pesky problem of not being able to see through it.

But I am still working on it


15 posted on 11/04/2015 1:30:14 PM PST by Cyman
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To: Red Badger

Aluminum Oxide, industrial Sapphire, has been used on expensive watch lens for decades.

I know Apple looked at them for the latest iPhone but could not get it produced in sufficient quantities fast enough.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2473339,00.asp


16 posted on 11/04/2015 1:30:27 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: NY Cajun

As I have had to pay $300 to replace the glass on my phone, from accidentally dropping it, I would pay an extra $100 to guarantee that I wouldn’t have to do that on my next phone.

Windshields that never crack from small rocks thrown by vehicles.


17 posted on 11/04/2015 1:30:58 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder; doorgunner69; Steely Tom; jim_trent; LoneRangerMassachusetts

Glass Ping!...........................


18 posted on 11/04/2015 1:31:08 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: NYRepublican72

“Glass that does not break when dropped or when struck by another object would be useful in a wide variety of applications...”

Of course, one would still want glass that breaks for use in, uhm, hmmm.... Oh! Those little glass thingies on the fire alarms!


19 posted on 11/04/2015 1:31:34 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: Red Badger

I am wary of anything with high dissociation energies. I already get tired getting by butt up off a chair.


20 posted on 11/04/2015 1:32:10 PM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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