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EA-3167today at 4:41 AM1 replyview on HN

Oh we have that too, it's used as high end window armor in some armored vehicles, it's called AlON (Aluminum OxyNitride).

It's amazing stuff.


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danbructoday at 7:28 AM

Also [synthetic] sapphire [1] is just aluminium oxide.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphire