Transparent aluminum

 
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Post by coalnewbie » Mon. Feb. 19, 2018 12:39 pm



This man will be rich beyond the dreams of avarice.

I am still waiting to beam the MIL into outer space however. Warp drive seems possible ... fascinating. The flip phone ... how quaint.


 
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Post by franco b » Mon. Feb. 19, 2018 12:50 pm

Transmits infrared better than glass. Would make great stove windows.

 
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Post by coalnewbie » Mon. Feb. 19, 2018 1:05 pm

Endless uses, but it may be beyond the budget of a coal stove buyer. Looks to be a scalable technology however and could be dirt cheap.

I am looking to replace the front windscreen on my Mclaren p1 that is ultra thin right now. ... then I woke up.

 
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Post by Lightning » Mon. Feb. 19, 2018 1:52 pm

I wonder what the temperature specs are. You might be able to build the whole top half of a stove with it. That'd be pretty neato.

 
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Post by BigBarney » Mon. Feb. 19, 2018 2:01 pm

Another material that can do all that and more is graphene , watch the

short video for some basics.

https://www.nanowerk.com/what_is_graphene.php

This is harder than diamond ,200 times as strong as steel , and also

transparent. 30 times better conductor than copper , and the best heat

conductor on earth. Can be used in new batteries (Samsung) and since it

is super light in weight will be used in many applications.

It is the first material that is 2 dimensional , and only one atom thick , which is

considered zero height. It can be used in paint for heating of a room , like super

glass like windows , in batteries , solar cells , bullet proof vests , and oter endless

applications. Its twin compound have billions of other uses.


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Post by rberq » Mon. Feb. 19, 2018 2:30 pm

Amazing. I was just thinking of that Star Trek movie last week when trying to clean up my stove glass so I could see through it. Aluminum, nitrogen, and oxygen to make a ceramic, the guy said. But is it dimensionally stable like stove "glass" ceramic, and would it fog up any less?

 
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Post by lsayre » Mon. Feb. 19, 2018 2:54 pm

The M1 Abrams tank has had transparent aluminum observation ports for decades.


 
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Post by titleist1 » Mon. Feb. 19, 2018 3:02 pm

lsayre wrote:
Mon. Feb. 19, 2018 2:54 pm
The M1 Abrams tank has had transparent aluminum observation ports for decades.
But can ya burn coal in it ?? :lol:

Come to think of it, I bet Lightning could figure a way to do it! :clap:

 
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Post by BigBarney » Mon. Feb. 19, 2018 3:19 pm

But what if the graphene window could make the heat and light

to electricity and power the fan for the stove , and cool the window

with water for DHW .

Remember this would collect more heat than a solid copper plate

could. The uses are unlimited.

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Post by rberq » Mon. Feb. 19, 2018 7:23 pm

BigBarney wrote:
Mon. Feb. 19, 2018 3:19 pm
graphene
So as I understand it, I can press a strip of scotch tape onto a lump of my coal and come away with a little graphene on the tape, though with no practical use in that quantity and form. Thanks for the link to the video and the writeup. A new technology still in its infancy, like transistors were 70 years ago.

 
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Post by coalnewbie » Tue. Feb. 20, 2018 6:59 am

A new technology still in its infancy, like transistors were 70 years ago.
Oh, you mean like electric cars?

 
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Post by BigBarney » Tue. Feb. 20, 2018 12:00 pm

Graphene is a flat 2 dimensional material with no height. It is nearly clear and will have many uses

now in its infancy. Uses are in armor,batteries, solar cells, water desalinization, protective glass

coating , heat paint , and many more.Its a super material.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_applicati ... f_graphene


rberg:

You have to use scotch type tape onto graphite not coal , it is mined separately at different locations

in the world , one in Alabama USA. The 2010 Nobel Prize was won for this scotch tape way of getting

graphene .

http://www.graphene.manchester.ac.uk/explore/the- ... of-graphen


There are many TED talks about graphene on YouTube.



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Post by rberq » Tue. Feb. 20, 2018 1:53 pm

BigBarney wrote:
Tue. Feb. 20, 2018 12:00 pm
rberg:
You have to use scotch type tape onto graphite not coal
Rats! I better cancel my IPO, then.

 
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Post by lsayre » Tue. Feb. 20, 2018 6:22 pm

First synthesized in 1974. See this dissertation: https://www.physics.byu.edu/docs/thesis/302

Star Teck, The Voyage Home: Released in 1986

 
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Post by KLook » Wed. Feb. 21, 2018 7:21 pm

Another technology "just around the corner", or about 12 parsecs away....I need full power Scotty!

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