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ALON® is the Standard for Highly Effective & Affordable Transparent Armor Systems "Now & Into The Future"

ALON® is an amazing new advanced ceramic that is based on a composition of aluminum oxy nitride with a cubic spinel crystal structure. It is hard, durable, and transparent in the near ultra violet, visible and near infrared wavelength of light. ALON® is synthesized and manufactured in tonnage commercial quantities by Surmet Corporation, the global leader in transparent optical ceramics technologies. Surmet is vertically integrated and synthesizes tonnage quantities of high purity ALON® powder for its own use. Surmet is a supplier of ALON® optical windows, domes, plates, rods and tubes for advanced applications. Fabricated ALON® products combine superior mechanical and optical properties matching those of sapphire with the added advantages of an isotropic cubic crystal structure. ALON® is an ideal material for applications requiring high strength light-weight durability and transparency in the face of world’s most demanding environments.

ALON® Optical Ceramic

• Optically transparent from the near ultra violet to the near infrared wavelength (0.25 to 4.6 microns)
• Excellent clarity
• Total absence of birefringence
• Outstanding hardness and high strength
• Low internal stress
• Available in a wide variety of sizes, shapes and thicknesses
• Produced using proven ceramic forming processes
• Readily scaled up to high volumes
• Cost effective advanced material solution
• Applicable to a wide variety of industries including aerospace, security,  defense and Semiconductor, Energy and consumer products.