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How do their weights compare? If the new stuff is the same weight by volume as conventional laminated glass, then you'd have a 50% weight savings. If the new
by jonhendry 15y ago
How do their weights compare?
If the new stuff is the same weight by volume as conventional laminated glass, then you'd have a 50% weight savings.
If the new stuff is thinner, and lighter, then it'd be useful for applications where the current glass is too thick and/or heavy.
Also, in applications like secure windows for bank tellers and such, something thinner would probably be better aesthetically. When you're dealing with someone behind a thick sheet of glass, it puts a different tone on the interaction.
- absconditus 15y agoI doubt that most "bullet-proof" glass could stop a 50 caliber round at all. The thickness required would be ridiculous.
- aidenn0 15y agoAlon is ~3.7g/cc which is about twice what ordinary glass weighs. Not sure how it compares to laminated glass. They probably use a denser glass than I'm used to for armored glass, but it's layered with other, presumably less-dense material.