XPost: sci.materials   
   From: Terry.Harper@btinternet.com   
      
   "sanman"  wrote in message   
   news:f144e162.0408170638.30191e96@posting.google.com...   
   > Here's an interesting article:   
   >   
   > http://physicsweb.org/article/news/8/8/9   
   >   
   > A new method for making alumina-based glass in bulk.   
   > Better windows for aircraft and spacecraft perhaps?   
      
   The method has been around for a long time. See   
   www.societyofglasstechnology.org.uk/pdfs/041998.pdf  for one example.   
   www.tpd.tno.nl/Docs/DMP/glassgroup/2001/ICGBeerkens2001Edinburgh.pdf for   
   others.   
   --   
   Terry Harper   
   http://www.terry.harper.btinternet.co.uk/   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)