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According to several sources Transparent Aluminum does indeed exist as a ceramic called AlON.
"Transparent aluminum starts out as a pile of white aluminum oxynitride powder. That powder gets packed into a rubber mold in the rough shape of the desired part, and subjected to a procedure called isostatic pressing, in which the mold is compressed in a tank of hydraulic fluid to 15,000 psi, which mashes the AlON into a grainy "green body." The grainy structure is then fused together by heating at 2000 °C for several days. The surface of the resulting part is cloudy, and has to be mechanically polished to make it optically clear."
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Does aluminum foil reflect more light than transparent glass?
no
What state of matter does aluminum naturally exist in?
a solid
What parts of an airplane are made of aluminum?
Yes. A lot of aircraft are built with aluminum. The aircraft industry would not exist as we know it without this amazing metal. Certainly there are some components that cannot be build from aluminum, but a large portion of the airframe and the skin of many planes are fabricated from aluminum.
What are the nine states of matter?
Solid , Liquid , Gas , Plasma , Quark Gluon , Transparent Aluminum , Bose-Einstein Condensate , Degenerate Matter , Fermionic Condensate 'quantum spin
Is window glass transparent or translucent?
Transparent
What is the transperancy of aluminum?
Zero. It is not transparent.
Does aluminum foil reflect more light than transparent glass?
no
Is transparent aluminum possible?
Only on Star Trek do we find transparent aluminum. Any aluminum matrix is opaque. You can't see through it. Actually there is such thing as transparent aluminum but the power required for the x-ray laser is more than a whole city's worth and the beam must be focused down to a point of less than one-twentieth of a human hair and only lasts for 40 femtoseconds.
Does Aluminum exist by itself or does it have to be in a compound or molecule?
Aluminum is an element, composed of molecules, is on the periodic chart, does exist by itself AND can be combined to form compounds.
Is the mineral aluminum transparent?
Aluminium isn't a mineral (it doesn't occur naturally). Perhaps you are thinking of alumina, which does have transparent mineral forms called corundum (ruby, sapphire, padparadscha).
What does aluminum exist as a solid liquid or gas?
solid
What state of matter does aluminum naturally exist in?
a solid
Does 100 percent pure aluminum exist?
Yes.
Is there a transparent metal?
Ya, cuz 1 time in Star Trek they had transparent aluminum. For some whales and junk and its totally based on actual events that will take place in the future probably.
Why would it be hard to use color to identify the mineral mica?
Micas are complex silicates of aluminum and exist in many colors depending on what other substances they contain. The perfect cleavage into thin layers and the semi-transparent appearance are probably better indicators than color.
Was there ever an aluminum quarter?
Not in the US or Canada. The only aluminum coin considered for the US was an aluminum penny which was made in the 1970s but never released and only a handful of examples still exist.
Is anodized aluminum still aluminum?
Yes, but it has a hard transparent (sometimes colored) layer of aluminium oxide grown on it by putting it in an electrolytic cell (as the anode) and passing current through the cell. This layer protects the aluminum metal under it from damage. Note: if the anodization is red in color the aluminum oxide layer is actually synthetic ruby.
