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Speaking of Precision is a knowledge preservation and thought leadership blog covering the precision machining industry, its materials and services. With over 36 years of hands on experience in steelmaking, manufacturing, quality, and management, Miles Free (Milo) Director of Industry Research and Technology at PMPA helps answer "How?" "With what?" and occasionally "Really?"

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Transparent Aluminum- ALON -Take 2

Posted June 15, 2012 12:00 AM by Milo
Pathfinder Tags: alon Transparent Aluminum

We wrote about Transparent Aluminum early in our blogging adventure.

(Nowdays, we can talk to our computers…)

According to MAKE magazine the science seems to have caught up with the fiction.

ALON's Transparent Aluminum Stops Bullets…

Original Transparent Aluminum Video

If you ever find yourself in front of a high speed projectile with an inch of ALON's Transparent Aluminum separating you and the projectile it just might help you-

Buy the T-Shirt!

Buy the T-shirt.

http://blog.makezine.com/2012/01/17/transparent-aluminum/

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Re: Transparent Aluminum- ALON -Take 2

06/15/2012 7:24 AM

Transparent aluminum = sapphire. Sapphire windows have been available for a long time. You can buy them from Edmund Optics.

http://www.edmundoptics.com/optics/windows-diffusers/ultraviolet-uv-infrared-ir-windows/sapphire-windows/1904

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