Transparent Aluminium Sheet

What was once used in the science fiction star trek movies see through aluminum is now something that through test mixing with rubies sapphires.

Transparent aluminium sheet.

For pricing and availability. Transparent aluminum starts out as a pile of white aluminum oxynitride powder. A one inch thick sheet of transparent aluminum measuring sixty feet by ten feet was capable of withstanding the pressure of 18 000 cubic feet of water which could be used in place of a six inch thick sheet of plexiglass. Alon is optically transparent 80 in the near ultraviolet visible and midwave infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Aluminium oxynitride or alon is a ceramic composed of aluminium oxygen and nitrogen it is marketed under the name alon by surmet corporation. It is four times harder than fused silica glass 85 as hard as sapphire and nearly 15 harder than magnesium. Real glass like see through metal. Transparent aluminum was once pure science fiction a technical term.

Alon or aluminum oxynitride is an amazing and unique transparent advanced ceramic that is polycrystalline made from powder with a cubic spinel crystal structure. M d building products 3 ft. A wide variety of transparent aluminum options are available to you such as is alloy non alloy. M d building products 1 ft.

Diamond tred aluminum sheet heavy weight model 57575 13 49 13 49. Stronger than glass various military and commercial applications for this remarkable material are already being tested. Transparent aluminum was a construction material far stronger and much lighter than its predecessor plexiglass. In the popular media and in the star trek community it is commonly referred to as transparent aluminum.

Metal sales 3 ft x 12 ft ribbed silver steel roof panel. Lincane aluminum sheet weathered gray model 57565 62 98 62 98. Alon transparent aluminum is a ceramic composed of aluminium oxygen and nitrogen. So sorry scotty there s no such thing as transparent aluminum metal.

Surmet is the only company globally that manufactures alon. But the stuff we re calling transparent aluminum is just as fascinating and just as sci fi as it sounds. Set your store to see local availability compare.