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The Amazing Properties of Aerogel
RideMax writes "We all know NASA is using a substance called 'aerogel' in the Stardust spacecraft to catch pieces of the Wild-2 comet. The NYT is running an article about some other amazing aerogel properties. My favorite quote: 'It's the lowest density of any solid, and it has the highest thermoinsulation properties. Though it would be very expensive, you could take a two- or three-bedroom house, insulate it with aerogel, and you could heat the house with a candle. But eventually the house would become too hot.'" We've looked at Aerogel before.
But does it's insulation properties beat that of Trellium-D?
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If you goddamn kids would close the goddamn door!
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aka Vaporware... Made of 99.6 percent empty space, the little cube is indeed barely there, with a density one-hundredth that of the hand that holds it.
You know what I'm talkin' about. *Wink*Wink* Nudge*Nudge* :P
Anyone care to place a bet on how long it takes the US to figure out how to make aerogel an efficient means of killing a bunch of people?
If Aerogel is that good at insulation, screw the candel, i'll just rely on the body heat of myself and others :/
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I'm sure it'd be perfectly safe!
Is this substance edible, and if so can add artificial cherry flavoring without altering its' thermoinsulation properties? The Mac OS X spell checker does not recognize the word, "thermoinsulation", and yet NASA loves Macs. Go figure.
From article"and you could heat the house with a candle"
Does this mean you can now cool your house with an icecube?
Only for very small bullets.
C'mon, anyone can tell that the picture was faked in a studio, it's obvious from the shadows cast by the so-called "aerogel". Just one more NASA conspiracy to convince us that they spend our tax dollars on worth subjects. Hrghmh.
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I recall that although it was extremely light, it fell quickly when I dropped it from hand to the other
Welcome to gravity, its pretty much the same for everybody on earth.
Special Relativity: The person in the other queue thinks yours is moving faster.
Diamond is usually made from carbon, same stuff graphite is made from, but in a different configuration. So, in theory, if you rub it against paper, it should leave a mark.
I should have known this before I proposed to my girlfriend.
I could care less, but not without a lobotomy
"Aerogel": A Ridiculous Liberal Myth
It amazes me that so many allegedly "educated" people have fallen so quickly and so hard for a fraudulent fabrication of such laughable proportions. The very idea that a solid material happens to be so light, showing remarkable properties like near-perfect insulation, is ludicrous. Furthermore, it is an insult to common sense and a damnable affront to intellectual honesty and integrity. That people actually believe it is evidence that the liberals have wrested the last vestiges of control of our public school system from decent, God-fearing Americans.
I could care less, but not without a lobotomy
Sounds totally worthless to me. This stuff will probably end up having no practical value anywhere. That being said, anybody know where I can buy a small block?
No, vacuum sucks... literally.
Ok, so if aerogel has the lowest density of any solid, what has the highest density?
Right now I'm thinking that it's either corporate America's CxO's, or perhaps whoever keeps watching all of these dumbass reality shows on tv.
From her bio:
"[My] interests are: shuz, aerogel, Philip Treacy hats, make-up artist Topolino, and vinyl dipped pacifier nipples."
This defies any sort of comment, so I won't even try.
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I think Mr. Kelley has done a masterful job describing modern day industrial design in terms and examples we can all relate to.
Thank you, Mr. Kelly.
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Aerogel coffee mug.
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Now, if we added a module to the ISS to make transparent aerogel, the ISS would fund itself! I mean, think about it... with how much it costs per cubic inch of the tinted stuff, and the fact that the ISS would have a monopoly on all transparent aerogel produced, you could charge practically whatever you wanted, and sell it to governments around the world.
How would you find it?
I've finally had it: until slashdot gets article moderation, I am not coming back.
"This aerogel composite contains iron oxide introduced using chemical vapor infiltration. Nobody knows whose hand this is."
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