The material, called aluminum oxynitride (AlON), or transparent aluminum is used to make bulletproof windows in armored cars. Here’s the story: The scene, as written, seems to imply that Scotty is talking about some fancy way of making metallic aluminum into a transparent form. Which ain’t happening. What has happened, however, (and in fact what …
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