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Old 12-07-2019, 08:18 PM   #179 (permalink)
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Jack Rikard does a deep dive on aluminum oxynitirde. It was developed in 1980 around the time of the movie, and was renamed as such in 2002.

https://youtu.be/Dum1s4gfSD4?t=2944

It's a powder that is sintered under heat and pressure. It was mentioned in the semi truck rollout, which was shown with a compound curved windshield.


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