Re: [ATM] Astronomium Metal Mirror

[Richard Ozer <rozer@pacbell.net>]

I've heard of this stuff.  I believe it's an alloy of unobtainium.

RO

Ken Lowther wrote:
> 
> Without checking to see if this is a 'real' material, you are lacking 
> information on the coefficient of expansion, cost, and availability.  Ken
> 
> Quoting Jeremy Batterson <jdbaterson@msn.com>:
> 
>> Was talking about unusual ideas with Charles Hughes again, and what 
>> came up this time was metal mirrors. Hughes told me there was a debate 
>> decades back about finding a perfect metal, to be called ASTRONOMIUM, 
>> ideal for mirror making:
>>
>> Being soft enough to grind easily, having a low melting point, being 
>> highly reflective, resilient & NON-CORROSIVE. Lightness is another 
>> useful quality, and also cost. The most obvious advantage is that you 
>> need not SILVER such a mirror.
>>
>> Did you try ALUMINUM? That nearly fits the bill, it seems to me.
>>
>> Jeremy D. Batterson
>> Ridgefield Park, NJ
>> (201)441-4888/(877)305-8856
>> Literary & Astronomy Page:
>> http://members.lycos.co.uk/jeremybatterson<http://members.lycos.co.uk/jeremybatterson> 
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