Resumen de US Navy scientists create harder spinel for armoured vehicle glass
This research is a cross-disciplinary effort at Naval Research Laboratory. The NRL team includes Dr. James Wollmershauser, Dr. Edward Gorzkowski, Dr. Ramasis Goswami, Dr. Syed Qadri, Dr. M. Ashraf Imam, and Dr. Richard Everett, from NRL's Materials Science and Technology Division; along with Dr. Boris Feygelson, Dr. Chase Ellis, Dr. Joseph Tischler, and Dr. Fritz Kub from NRL's Electronics Science and Technology Division; and Dr. Jas Sanghera, Dr. Guillermo Villalobos, and Dr. Shyam Bayya from NRL's Optical Sciences Division.
"Using this EHPS approach to create the nanocrystalline spinel, the NRL research team did not observe any decline in density or fracture resistance due to residual porosity. Other researchers have tried to make nanocrystalline spinel, but they have all had problems with the final product, such as, a reduced density, reduced fracture resistance, or reduced transparency," the US Navy said in a statement.
