Posted on 08/20/2007 6:19:10 AM PDT by Gamecock
In the latest science discovery, the material called aerogel could be the latest miracle to come out of the science industry.
Aerogel is one of the world’s lightest solids but take a look at what aerogel is capable of. Scientists say aerogel could be used to protect people from bomb blasts, help humans fly to Mars and even clean up oil!
With its amazing abilities, aerogel can withstand a direct blast on 1 Kg of dynamite and and aerogel can provide protection from heat at temperatures as high as 1,300 C.
Mercouri Kanatzidis, a chemistry professor at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, said: “It is an amazing material. It has the lowest density of any product known to man, yet at the same time it can do so much. I can see aerogel being used for everything from filtering polluted water to insulating against extreme temperatures and even for jewellery.”
Aerogel is called frozen smoke as a nickname and aerogel is made by extracting water from a silica gel, then replacing it with gas such as carbon dioxide.
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About as much as a layer of Styrofoam - the stuff is not particularly strong - just stonger than you'd expect from its appearance
I hate frozen-hand smoke.
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Looks like all their hard work is finally going to pay off.
No. That’s not true. Did you read the article?
In one article I read ladt night they put about a 3/4 inch layer on a steel plate and set off a 1kg TNT charge next to it with little or no affect seen on the plate.
And will it remove crayon from walls? Can it cure urinary retention, hair loss, the heartbreak of psoriasis, or bloating?
But, hey, no problem. Japan will develop energy sources around it while China works it into their Mars expedition. Wanna come over and watch the game on my new bigscreen? It's a Samsung!
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I’m out of here. Whenever I see that guy I’m gone, an instant channel changer.
How does it compare to Astro-Glide?
Not to mention Natural Male Enhancement...er...not that I’d need it.
Actually it is 80 years old and has quite a few applications. However, since no one has figured out how to use it in a golf club it is essentially worthless.
Au contraire, it is true. The bullsh!t printed in the article is still bullsh!t. By silica aerogel, we're talking about the stuff that they've been making for years - first developed in the early 1930's, used a thermal insulator on the Mars rovers, and unless it has totally changed in the last year or so isn't any supermaterial. Squeeze a piece of it in your hand and it will shatter into dust. It's best characteristic is that is is an extremely good insulator. But it's a pain to make.
I thought aerogel was some sort of hair dressing...
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