Do they use it to make bullet proof glass?
2006-10-02 15:59:00 · 4 answers · asked by rlcrews2003 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
I think you are thinking of "Lexan"; a brand name of polycabonate sheeting. You could make bullet proof glass with it because polycarbonate stretches a lot and would absorb lots of impact energy.
2006-10-02 16:06:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
acrylic-polycarbonate.
LEXAN® is a registered trademark for General Electric Company's brand of highly-durable polycarbonate resin thermoplastic intended to replace glass where strength justifies its cost. It is made up of chains of Bisphenol A alternating with carbonyl chloride, also known as phosgene. The trademark holder promotes the style "LEXAN", but both "Lexan" and "lexan" are commonly used (at least outside the context of sales literature), without implying claims about its source.
Lexan was discovered in 1953 by GE chemist Dr. Daniel Fox, while working on a wire coating. Dr. Hermann Schnell of Bayer in Germany applied for a U.S. patent on a virtually identical molecule in the same year that GE filed for a patent, 1955, but Dr. Fox is generally credited with the discovery.
2006-10-02 16:09:47 · answer #2 · answered by junaidi71 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lexan are plastic pans used in commercial kitchens as far as i know
2006-10-02 16:06:18 · answer #3 · answered by Crazymom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CAN I BUY IT IN LEXINGTON, KY.?
2013-12-29 05:08:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋