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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kosh on October 06, 2007, 11:20:32 pm

Title: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: Kosh on October 06, 2007, 11:20:32 pm

http://science.slashdot.org/science/07/10/05/2121258.shtml

Title: Re: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: Nuke on October 07, 2007, 12:10:52 am

this wouldnt be the first time somone came up with a super strong transparent material.

Title: Re: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: karajorma on October 07, 2007, 05:09:37 am

Last one I saw actually had aluminium as one of the constituent elements in fact. :D

Title: Re: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: Roanoke on October 07, 2007, 01:19:07 pm

any whales gone missing recently ?

Title: Re: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: S-99 on October 07, 2007, 08:02:39 pm

Transparent aluminum is thin strong stuff. Development of it has happened, it's going to be windows on armored vehicles in particular. Right now the project of transparent aluminum is to make it cheaper to produce since right now it's sort of expensive.

Title: Re: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: Hippo on October 08, 2007, 12:16:07 am

Quote from: Roanoke on October 07, 2007, 01:19:07 pm

any whales gone missing recently ?

There be whales in here captain!

Title: Re: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: ZmaN on October 08, 2007, 12:40:15 am

unless I see it in actiopn I'm not buying it, lol.

Title: Re: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: Inquisitor on October 08, 2007, 07:49:22 am

Everyone remember where we parked.

Title: Re: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: Mefustae on October 08, 2007, 08:48:47 am

*Holds mouse up to mouth* "Hello, computer!"

Title: Re: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: redsniper on October 08, 2007, 02:25:31 pm

"A keyboard. How quaint."

Title: Re: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: TrashMan on October 08, 2007, 04:10:34 pm

"Fascinating."

"He's dead Jim."


any more Star Trek movie quotes you wanna shove around?

Title: Re: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: karajorma on October 08, 2007, 04:28:23 pm

You're on the forum mainly devoted to playing an old science fiction space shooter. What do you think?

Title: Re: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: Ghostavo on October 08, 2007, 04:50:55 pm

"Humor Mr. Spock, humor!"

Title: Re: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: Cobra on October 08, 2007, 05:11:29 pm

One damn minute, Admiral.

Title: Re: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: redsniper on October 08, 2007, 05:35:53 pm

The whole point was that the quotes were relevant to the transparent aluminum scene, but I guess some of you didn't catch that, so I'm typing this post. ;)

Title: Re: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: Cobra on October 08, 2007, 05:37:55 pm

Ok...

"Yes, but you will be rich beyond the dreams of avarice."

Happy now? :P

Title: Re: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: Mars on October 08, 2007, 06:25:43 pm

How tough is top notch transparent armor anyway? The biggest problem with it now is that once you shoot it with something it is no longer transparent.

Title: Re: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: S-99 on October 08, 2007, 07:28:17 pm

The way it's going to be put onto armored vehicles is with a sandwiching scheme. The transparent aluminum gets sandwiched between two layers of thicker transparent material. Probably the same bulletproof glass we use today. So, it'd be able to absorb bullets and deflect them. Transparent aluminum is able to withstand an armor piercing bullet from a .50c sniper rifle and other tests it was able to stand up to some cool stuff.

Title: Re: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: ZmaN on October 08, 2007, 11:56:35 pm

^^^Sick!!!!!

Title: Re: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: Roanoke on October 09, 2007, 02:20:40 pm

"Nu-cley-ar wessels ??"

Title: Re: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: Cobra on October 09, 2007, 04:01:34 pm

"Ee! Now say nuclear wessels!"

"No."

Title: Re: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: Roanoke on October 13, 2007, 03:29:48 pm

"name"

"my name?"

"Nooo, my name!"

"I do not know your name!"

Title: Re: Transparent aluminum?
Post by: Cobra on October 13, 2007, 06:45:33 pm

"He's a Russkie."

"Of course he's a Russkie, but he's a retard or something."