Transparent metals

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Thread 'Aluminum Oxynitride (ALON)'

Hi, everyone. I haven’t been on this site for a long time. In the last few years, my life’s taken an interesting detour with many perks I felt enticed to explore along the way. I still love my ZDP-189 and S2 kitchen knives. And I still cherish my M390 SOCOM Alpha Mini Warcom. So all in all, my interest in knives still hasn’t waned.

The reason that brings me to this site today is an interesting recent article about an experimental material known as ‘transparent aluminum’ - much like the fictitious material in the movie Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - except transparent aluminum isn’t...
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I've heard about this a little while ago. A ceramic not a metal though. A lot of interest in using it for armored windows when absolute crystal clarity isn't needed. Can be made much thinner and lighter than traditional armor glass.

It would be a pretty neat knife blade, especially if it's not too brittle when thin so the edge doesn't chip easily. Sharpening would be a bit of a nightmare though as it's almost as hard as a diamond it would require diamond stones and still take forever.

If it were strong enough it would have made a pretty awesome shield.
 
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