Used as an insulator? Are you sure?
Same as ceramic, even used in high Voltage
We’re gonna get transparent metal before the easy parts like to stop killing each other. Roll on Star Trek
That would be the hydrogen bomb. If we created a sizeabe MIRV of cobalt bombs and pointed them at Jerusalem on an automated system that tracked the rate of violent death, suddenly all the religious types would get really polite.
(Obviously this is a supervillain example we’re considering alternative vectors towards peace and humanitarian aid in the holy land before holding it hostage. We’re also running out of saner ideas.)
(Also, the Soviet Union did consider a doomsday device a la Dr. Strangelove as a cold war nuclear deterrent before the politburo decided it would never authorize a retalitory strike for sake of the species and moved on to Мирное сосуществование. Nearly eighty years without a nuclear war shows us even religious fanatics and madmen don’t want to extinct the human species. Their heart’s not in it.)
The problem is, smaller interests can’t get the bomb yet. It takes too much complex industry to make. As a result, we still have huge swaths of powerless population to be bullied, enslaved and exploited.
Once the superweapon made from fir wood, Indian ocean tuna, granite and parafin becomes public we’ll have to negotiate with even the smallest faction and arrange for the welfare and contentment of everyone… that is if we survive the intermediary tensions. Our plutocrats may choose extinction over giving up their power.
Once the superweapon made from fir wood, Indian ocean tuna, granite and parafin becomes public we’ll have to negotiate with even the smallest faction and arrange for the welfare and contentment of everyone…
Don’t worry, biological weapons get easier to make every day!
You misunderstand, we’re in the mirror universe.
Almost all glass is transparent metall…
Transparent aluminum is so weird, a piece of it was once passed around our office. It felt heavier and colder than I expected, which I guess is probably because it’s much denser than most types of glass (I think it’s only comparable to optical glass so it would be close to holding a high quality glass lens) and it looks like the thermal conductivity is way higher.
No, Glass has an amorph atomic structure, its tecnically an ultra dense liquid, metal always has a cristaline structure, way different, even in it’s transparent form, Saphires and Rubies are also tecnically transparent Aluminium.
What do you mean no? Everything I said is true - I’m just describing my firsthand impression. Nowhere did I say transparent aluminum is a type of glass? I was just describing why it feels heavier and colder than you would expect since it looks like glass, of which most are less dense and less thermally conductive compared to transparent aluminum, which is not glass but makes sense to compare to in order to convey what handling a piece feels like.
Is this bullshit? Is it April first or something? I actually checked, no kidding!
Scotty is going to be such a badass. I’m glad we have him to look forward to.
“Wealth beyond the dreams of avarice!” I love how my guys stood at each of the factory owner’s shoulders. A southerner and a Scotsman, applying charm, unstoppable combo. Super good news IRL, thanks for feeding the craving for good news crossed over with nerd news.
It isn¡t but not so strange, even in Nature exist Transparent Aluminium, called Saphires and Rubies. It’s called transparent Metal, because of it’s atomic structure cristaline, not amorph like normal cristal of an Window. Metal, also Aluminium has a cristaline structure.
Call me when we get transparisteel
Did we lose some whales recently?
Misleading name, on the same level as calling water “non-explosive hydrogen”. That said the material looks promising, as a glass replacement for some applications (the text mentions a few of them, like armoured windows).
FWIW, this has been around for about twenty years.
Yeah of course, they learned it in the eighties to be able to rescue some whales I think…
Since 1985, one year before this StarTrek episode. But until now not producible in bigger scale.
Scotty would be proud.
Transparisteel is real? Neat!
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Some things they did get right…
Sounds expensive.
Star trek comes to life, yet again.
This one goes the other way. It was first patented in the 80s before the movie came out. It just wasn’t a big thing yet. I assume it’s had improved properties since then, but the process already existed.
The StarTrek episode with the transparent Aluminium was from 1986, transparent Aluminium was invented in 1985, but at this time they don’t have the tecnologic measures to produce significant ammounts. Even today it’s relative expensive to produce, ~$15 per Square inch.
Now make a plane please
