Transparent aluminum oxide (TAlOx), a real material despite its sci-fi name, is incredibly hard and resistant to scratches, ...

Transparent aluminum sounds like something out of science fiction, but it’s a real material called transparent aluminum oxide ...

It is based on a process known as electrolysis, in which an electrical current is used to produce the constituent elements from a chemical compound. In this case, aluminum oxide is separated into ...

So [NightHawkInLight]’s recipe starts with aluminum oxide grit-blasting powder and chromium (III) oxide, a common green pigment and one of the safer compounds in a family that includes ...

Researchers from the Ateneo de Manila University and the Nara Institute of Science and Technology made transparent aluminum oxide (TAlOx) by applying microdroplets of acidic solution onto ordinary ...

The polishing compound created by water and aluminum oxide will do the same for dulled stainless steel that it does for rusted chrome (without giving it quite as bright a shine, of course ...

The iron oxide is no longer a pure metal, it is a dull, dark-coloured, metal compound. When you burn magnesium in the air in the same way that the iron did, the magnesium reacts with oxygen to ...