Transparent Ceramic Armour
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Transparent ceramic armour. At only 10mm thick the transparent ceramic armour that dso national laboratories dso has produced can w. The transparent ceramic armor provides superior ballistic protection at less than half the weight and thickness over traditional glass laminates. The strike face can be made of glass ceramics or glass ceramics. Known commercially as alon transparent aluminum armor is made of aluminum oxynitride a combination of aluminum oxygen and nitrogen before it can end up as a hard transparent armor plate it begins as a powder.
Transparent ceramic and glass ceramic can reduce weight and thickness when introduced in armor design. This powder is then molded subjected to high heat and baked just as any other ceramic is baked. Schematics of a opaque composite ceramic armor and b transparent composite ceramic armor. For example transparent ceramic armor consisting of a lightweight composite has been formed by utilizing a face plate of transparent alumina al 2 o 3 or magnesia mgo with a back up plate of transparent plastic.
It s tougher than your standard bulletproof glass.