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They should use transparent aluminium https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Trek_materials#Transparent_aluminum https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S

• Reason077 4y ago
  Modern sapphire glass (Al₂O₃) is basically transparent aluminium, and it is very strong. Probably way too expensive to make an aquarium out of it, though!
  • klyrs 4y ago
    This is an amusing line of inquiry. Sapphire is growing in popularity for microchips. I found a source for single-crystal sapphire ingots... they only go up to 8 inches (~20cm) in diameter, about 60mm long. This tank was about 11 meters in diameter, 25m long. Scaling that up would be quite the project. I mean, you could probably do chemical vapor deposition, but it wouldn't be a single crystal so what's the point?
• Cthulhu_ 4y ago
  "list of Star Trek materials"?
  • paradoxyl 4y ago
    Says a guy named "Cthulhu"? Obviously, he is being humorous.