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Elon Musk Revealed How To Break The Cybertruck’s “ALON” Glass in case of Emergency!
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ALON (Aluminum Oxynitride) is a ceramic. It was a thing long before Star Trek made people aware of it. Developed in a joint effort by Japan, the US, and France in the early 1970s. They wanted it for military applications before the movie came out. ALON was used in Recon camera pods in the USAF back in the 1980s.
Nowadays, unique design alloys have opened up new prospects in the defense industry, science, and construction, as well as in the future product of Tesla, the Cybertruck. According to official data, ALON is four times stronger than tempered quartz glass, 85% harder than sapphires, and almost 15% safer than Spinels, which are made of magnesium aluminate.
The combination of optical and mechanical properties makes this material a leading candidate for high-performance, lightweight armored products such as bulletproof and explosion-proof glass and elements for infrared optical systems.
So why did Elon Musk choose this material for the Cybertruck’s windows? How do they work compared to conventional bulletproof glass?
ALON is made of three layers, an outer layer that’s exposed to gunfire and made of baked aluminum oxynitride, a middle layer of glass, and a rear layer of polymer backing. In contrast, traditional bullet-proof glass consists of several layers of polycarbonate sandwiched between two layers of glass.
When struck by a bullet, the layers of glass and oxynitride of aluminum in ALON absorb the energy of the bullet, which will create a cracked spider’s web, illustrating the outwardly expanding energy as it is absorbed through the pane.
Not only can the aluminum armor deflect rounds from small-caliber weapons while remaining more clearly transparent than shot bullet-resistant glass, but it also passes a much more important test: it resists corrosion from 50-caliber armor-piercing bullets and anti-aircraft weapons that typically use 30-caliber rounds. This is an impressive feat, especially since it’s half the weight and thickness of traditional transparent armor.
Elon Musk Revealed How To Break The Cybertruck’s “ALON” Glass in case of Emergency!
