aluminum oxynitride
noun
aluminum oxy·ni·tride
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Definition of aluminum oxynitride
: a transparent ceramic compound AlON that exhibits a high degree of toughness
One promising solution is to replace the glass with significantly cheaper and more effective aluminum oxynitride … a hard, sapphirelike material developed by industry, the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force.— Steven Ashley, Scientific American, May 2006
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