The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) needs materials for armor windows that provide essential protection for both personnel and equipment while maintaining a high degree of transparency. To meet that need, scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have developed a method to fabricate nanocrystalline spinel that is 50% harder than the current spinel armor materials used in military vehicles. With the highest reported hardness for spinel, NRL's nanocrystalline spinel demonstrates that the hardness of transparent ceramics can be increased simply by reducing the grain size to 28 nm. This harder spinel offers the potential for better armor windows in military vehicles, which would give improved protection and other benefits to both personnel and equipment, such as sensors.


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    Titel :

    NRL Researchers Develop Harder Ceramic for Armor Windows


    Erschienen in:

    Ceramic Industry ; 164 , 8 ; 13-14


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2014


    Format / Umfang :

    2 Seiten, Bilder



    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch






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