XPost: sci.materials   
   From: UncleAl0@hate.spam.net.retro.com   
      
   sanman wrote:   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Aircraft use biaxially stretched acrylic.  Spacecraft use fused   
   silica.  Reaction-based glass deposition is big stuff for   
   fiberoptic preforms and Corning ULE (titanium silicate) glass.   
   Both are high price premium niches.  If you read the article you   
   see that the standard output is cloudy, and will therefore be   
   competing with much less expensive ceramics.   
      
   "We've got the solution!  Who has the question?"   
      
   It's still research.   
      
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