Re: Transparent Aluminum
Harvey Norris ( (no email) )
Sat, 06 Feb 1999 19:10:03 PST
On Sat, 6 Feb 99 21:51:58 -0700, Ian Webb wrote:
(from previous post)
> >To make "transparent Aluminium", I should think that we need to make a
> >compound
> >that corrals those pesky electrons. Hmmm, crystallised aluminium. Too
> >fragile.
>> I wonder what makes poly transparent when heated to melting state. When
doing plastic welding the rod becomes transparent when laid and quickly
turns opaque as it cools. How does this bounded electron theory apply to
both glass and acrylic(plexiglass)? HDN
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