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Graphene Aerogel Takes World's Lightest Material Crown

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-don't-feel-a-thing dept.

cylonlover writes "Not even a year after it claimed the title of the world's lightest material, aerographite has been knocked off its crown by a new aerogel made from graphene. Created by a research team from China's Zhejiang University in the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering lab headed by Professor Gao Chao, the ultra-light aerogel has a density of just 0.16 mg/cm3, which is lower than that of helium and just twice that of hydrogen."

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  4. Brief Kings by lymond01 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Graphene Aerogel Takes World's Lightest Material Crown

    A crown should weigh heavy on a ruler's brow, lest he forget the weight of his responsibility.