by stephen | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog
In applications where even a degree or two of thermal variation is vitally important, the material of choice is machined glass ceramic, which is annealed to a deliver near-zero coefficient of thermal expansion. The biggest and most well-known glass ceramic is Schott...
by stephen | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog
After many years of artist renderings, the first ever image of a black hole was released to the world in April. It looks just about how you would expect: a ring-like structure with a dark central region. The image was created using the Event Horizon Telescope, an...
by stephen | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog
Later this summer, a NASA solar probe will travel into the corona of the Sun—closer than any mission before—through material with temperatures greater than a million degrees Fahrenheit. If the mission is successful, it will mark a great leap forward in knowledge of...
by stephen | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog
In just sixty years transistors, the switching and memory units that allow computers to compute, have gone from the size of a hand to the size of an atom. In 1968 there were dozens of transistors on a microchip. Within a couple decades there were thousands. Today...
by stephen | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog
When you think of glass components, you think of those with optical applications – those used to split, diffuse, bend, reflect or otherwise alter light wavelengths. These include mirrors, prisms, wedges, cylindrical lenses, wedges, etc. But glass is not only used to...
by stephen | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog
Only diamonds are more durable and scratch-resistant than sapphire. That’s why sapphire is used to make precision sapphire windows that are used for everything from consumer products (think iPhone screens) to defense instrumentation and surveillance systems. IRD Glass...
