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Aluminium Oxynitride

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Hmmm. Is it any better than germanium for making infrared lenses I wonder? Likely cheaper

I don't know for sure how it's better, but AlON can be 3d printed:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266653952...

Transparent aluminum you say??

The sapphire on the cover glass of every iPhone camera…

https://youtu.be/90eg_erObDo?si=UWgIHL--S7LHkh3c for the uninitiated

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