Transparent Aluminium Sheet

Nichols of the san francisco based plexicorp acquired.

Transparent aluminium sheet.

It is four times harder than fused silica glass 85 as hard as sapphire and nearly 15 harder than magnesium. Alon or aluminum oxynitride is an amazing and unique transparent advanced ceramic that is polycrystalline made from powder with a cubic spinel crystal structure. Real glass like see through metal. Set your store to see local availability compare.

That powder gets packed into a rubber mold in the rough shape of the desired part and subjected to a procedure called isostatic pressing in which the mold is compressed in a tank of hydraulic fluid to 15 000 psi which mashes the alon into a grainy green body the grainy structure is then fused together by. So sorry scotty there s no such thing as transparent aluminum metal. M d building products 3 ft. Surmet is the only company globally that manufactures alon.

A wide variety of transparent aluminum options are available to you such as is alloy non alloy. Lincane aluminum sheet weathered gray model 57565 62 98 62 98. Transparent aluminum was a construction material far stronger and much lighter than its predecessor plexiglass. 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. 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. But the stuff we re calling transparent aluminum is just as fascinating and just as sci fi as it sounds.

Transparent aluminum starts out as a pile of white aluminum oxynitride powder. Tuftex polycarb 2 17 ft x 12 ft corrugated clear polycarbonate plastic roof panel. For pricing and availability. 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.

What was once used in the science fiction star trek movies see through aluminum is now something that through test mixing with rubies sapphires. M d building products 1 ft. Alon transparent aluminum is a ceramic composed of aluminium oxygen and nitrogen.