Giant amethyst geodes formed within a steady groundwater flow and at unexpectedly low crystallization temperatures, new study ...

Amorphous metals, also known as metallic glasses, are metallic materials that have a non-crystalline structure. Most amorphous metals are alloys rather than pure metals. These materials have atoms of ...

Description: The materials of the astronomical telescope mirrors we supply usually need to meet the following aspects:1. Lower thermal expansion coefficient2. Lower stress birefringence3. Fine ...

These are made from amorphous silicon, which is why they look so different from the other two. Extracting silicon from quartz requires an insanely hot furnace and a long pole. Image via How It’s ...

pv magazine: In “Solar Cells and Modules,” which was recently published by Springer, you dedicate a long chapter to amorphous silicon solar cells, which is very much still a niche technology ...

Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina. Here is ongoing coverage from The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer about ...

Despite clearly not being a metal — and not a glass either; glasses are amorphous solids, while ceramics are crystalline — AlON and the other transparent ceramics that have been developed ...

UV Grade Fused Silica is synthetic amorphous silicon dioxide of extremely high purity providing maximum transmission ... Transmission and homogeneity exceed those of crystalline quartz without the ...

Its chemical formula is SiO2, which consists of silicon and oxygen. There are two types of silicon dioxide: amorphous and ...