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minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up42·5 days agoWhere’s my transparent aluminum?!?
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up45·5 days agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_oxynitride
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·5 days agoWould ya look at that. I hadn’t a clue. Thanks!
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·5 days agoStuff like Gorilla Glass and Apple’s “sapphire” glass used on smartphone screens are also compounds of aluminum. You’re very likely carrying transparent aluminum in your pocket right now and didn’t even know it.
minus-squareSilicon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoYup here’s a reddit post from 4yrs ago on it https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/kfpmnn/aluminium_oxynitride_aka_alon_is_the_real_world/
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days agoI’m pretty sure it is actually a thing that can be made. Presumably not very efficiently though as we don’t see it all that much.
minus-squaresnipon@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoCame for this, thanks for doing it for me.
Where’s my transparent aluminum?!?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_oxynitride
Would ya look at that. I hadn’t a clue. Thanks!
Stuff like Gorilla Glass and Apple’s “sapphire” glass used on smartphone screens are also compounds of aluminum. You’re very likely carrying transparent aluminum in your pocket right now and didn’t even know it.
Zinc oxide and you!
Yup here’s a reddit post from 4yrs ago on it https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/kfpmnn/aluminium_oxynitride_aka_alon_is_the_real_world/
I’m pretty sure it is actually a thing that can be made. Presumably not very efficiently though as we don’t see it all that much.
sapphire?
Came for this, thanks for doing it for me.