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

Over 90% is consumed for the production of silicon-containing chemicals and alloys. Aluminium-rich alloys ... is also a basic ingredient of glass and concrete, some of the most widely used ...

You're listening to Chemistry in its element brought to you ... pot of spaghetti - the sorts of structures one gets in ordinary glass. The purest of these chain-like materials is silicon dioxide - ...

An Indian research group has used three different chemicals instead of commonly used hydrofluoric acid to separate silicon ... as glass, ethylene-vinyl acetate glass, copper, steel, aluminum ...