THE TRANSPARENT Aluminium
ALOXYN is a superior engineered material making a difference in the swiftly changing world by redefining technology. It offers complex technological solutions that drive interplanetary spaceships, increases the degree of ballistic protection, provides high-performance solar panels for satellites, suitable for mid-infrared window and transparent armor applications.
ALOXYN IN A GLANCE
Aluminum Oxynitride is an advanced polycrystalline transparent material with remarkable hardness, superior strength, better chemical resistance, high-temperature resistance, and outstanding optical transparent properties in the range from ultraviolet to mid-infrared region.
Properties
Physical
- Crystal Structure Cubic Spinel
- Stoichiometry Al(64+x)/3 O32-x Nx (2.75 ≤ x ≤ 5)
- Density 3.711 (g/cc³)
- Lattice Constant 7.946 Å
Elastic
- Young's Modulus 307 - 320 (GPa)
- Shear Modulus 123 - 128 (GPa)
- Bulk Modulus 229.8 (GPa)
- Poisson's Ratio 0.25 - 0.26
Mechanical
- Flexure Strength 228 - 307 (MPa)
- Compressive Strength 2677 (MPa)
- Fracture Toughness 2.4 - 2.9 (MPa-m¹/²)
- Hardness 13.8 (GPa)
Optical
- Refractive index (at wavelength 0.5 μm) 1.77 - 1.88
- Absorption Coefficient (at wavelength 3.39 μm) 0.1
- Transmission wavelength range 0.22 - 6
Dieelectric
- Dielectric Constant (1 MHz) 8.56
- Dielectric Constant (7 GHz) 8.6
- Dielectric Loss (1 MHz) 0.0005
- Dielectric Loss (7 GHz) 0.0002
Thermal
- Thermal Conductivity (W/m-°C) 9.4-10.3
- Coefficient of Expansion (/°C) (Between 25 - 1000°C) 7.6 x10⁻⁶/°C