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Aerogel! :)

Submitted by eagle on Sat, 04/15/2017 - 01:04

Cool stuff! :)
(BTW is this something that would be made by an Aerosmith? Just asking...)

Aerogel hand.jpg
By Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech - NASA Stardust Website, Public Domain, Link

Aerogelflower filtered.jpg
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derivative work: JovanCormac - Aerogelflower.jpg, Public Domain, Link

Stardust Dust Collector with aerogel.jpg
Public Domain, Link

Aerogel is a synthetic porous ultralight material derived from a gel, in which the liquid component of the gel has been replaced with a gas.[1] The result is a solid with extremely low density[2] and low thermal conductivity. Nicknames include frozen smoke,[3] solid smoke, solid air, or blue smoke owing to its translucent nature and the way light scatters in the material. It feels like fragile expanded polystyrene to the touch. Aerogels can be made from a variety of chemical compounds.[4]

Aerogel @ NASA Stardust

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