Alon Glass Sheet

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Alon glass sheet. Out of stock online. In the popular media and in the star trek community it is commonly referred to as transparent aluminum. Clear hammered glass multiwall polycarbonate sheet. Alon marketed as the uncreatively named alon by its manufacturer surmet corporation is produced by sintering.

Researchers think the answer may be transparent aluminum armor a finely polished ceramic alloy that s both lighter and stronger than traditional bullet resistant glass. By lexan 13 98 01. Known commercially as alon transparent aluminum armor is made of aluminum oxynitride a combination of aluminum oxygen and nitrogen. Powdered ingredients are poured into a mold compacted under tremendous pressure.

Surmet is the only company globally that manufactures alon. Aluminum oxynitride is a transparent optical ceramic powder with typical grain size of 150 250 microns and surface areas from 0 9 7 5 m2 g range. It is four times harder than fused silica glass 85 as hard as sapphire and nearly 15 harder than magnesium aluminate spinel. Alon is optically transparent 80 in the near ultraviolet visible and midwave infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Alon aka transparent aluminum is crystal clear and ultra hard advanced transparent ceramic material that is manufactured via powder processing.