Window material Forum: SSI-List
Thread: Window material
# 19320 byXenophile on Feb. 12, 2004, 2:15 p.m.
Member since 2022-08-22
> taken from http://www.zetatalk.com/shelter/slideloc/material.htm
>
> One impressive material that could be used for blast proof windows as
> part of a thin-shell enclosure is Synthetic Sapphire. It's a clear,
> crystalline material that is stronger and more heat resistant than
> any other material known to mankind. It can withstand tensile or
> compressive loads up to 600,000 pounds per square inch.
good supply on the Moon and asteroids.