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Monday, September 14, 2009

New to Me: Aerogel



A few facts about my recent FABULOUS discovery (which I made here) . . .

Aerogel (shown above) is the lightest solid known to exist. It weighs only three times as much as air.

It's also called frozen smoke because of its hazy blue appearance.

It holds 15 entries in the Guinness Book of World Records.

When handled, Aerogel feels like styrofoam.

It's chemically similar to glass, and shatters like glass, yet is incredibly strong and can support thousands of times its own weight.

Aerogel is awesome.


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22 comments:

  1. MeganitoSeptember 14, 2009 at 4:56 PM

    Woah! This, like, just showed up! No way! Sorry, I haven't read it yet, I was just looking through all the pages and when I looked on this one again, this one just popped up!

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  2. KiwiSeptember 14, 2009 at 5:48 PM

    Cool! Where can you get it??!!??

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  3. CassieSeptember 14, 2009 at 6:22 PM

    Oh, wow! What is it used for?

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  4. vendetta-zlaSeptember 14, 2009 at 6:46 PM

    ooh should i add that 2 my christmas list????? what would i do with it???

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  5. LionessSeptember 14, 2009 at 8:30 PM

    I love how the hand has rreealy long nails.

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  6. NellieSeptember 14, 2009 at 8:37 PM

    "Aerogel is awesome."

    Oh, ya think? :-)

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  7. GnatSeptember 14, 2009 at 10:53 PM

    it looks realy pretty. i wander if they could make jewelry ouit of it.

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  8. serenaSeptember 15, 2009 at 2:38 AM

    it looks like jelly to me

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  9. brave chickensSeptember 15, 2009 at 3:59 AM

    Science! :)

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  10. whootSeptember 15, 2009 at 8:31 AM

    here's one that's even lighter than air...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoCAxS4vqwQ

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  11. PeaceySeptember 15, 2009 at 8:34 AM

    OMG!!! Think of how much we could do if we could only get our hands on some aerogel! I mean, we could ...

    I don't actually know. Huh. Well, I'm adding this to my wishlist of stuff I've seen here, just like mini pigs and the shocking jacket (remember those?).

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  12. gymnast20September 15, 2009 at 9:16 AM

    omg this is soo cool!i want some! idk wat i wod use it for but still it is just amazing

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  13. geekchickSeptember 15, 2009 at 9:18 AM

    Wasn't that in Popsci magazine a while back?

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  14. OliviaSeptember 15, 2009 at 11:24 AM

    I know about this!!!
    I found it after random searching on the internet.
    Later on, after I requested, we learnt about it in our school's science club.
    (not as 'geeky' as it sounds, we blow stuff up mainly) :)

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  15. dangerousSeptember 15, 2009 at 7:06 PM

    I remember reading about this somewhere a few months ago, it might have been under one of your posts that had a youtube link. Under "related videos". huh.

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  16. UUSeptember 15, 2009 at 9:50 PM

    I love how you have the list of facts, and then Aregol (sp) is awesome.

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  17. quiverteamSeptember 16, 2009 at 6:10 AM

    If you are interested in this stuff, have a look at www.quiverblog.com. aerogel will change the world.

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  18. ForresterSeptember 17, 2009 at 4:33 PM

    lioness:
    they discovered something that is almostt as light as air,can be held and is SUPER cool, and all you can think about is nails?!?!?
    awesome.

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  19. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2009 at 5:37 PM

    Science is totaly awesome!

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  20. LuzOctober 26, 2009 at 2:58 PM

    yeah its awesome! who woulden't like that???

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  21. CAOctober 26, 2009 at 7:50 PM

    steal some from the tech museme in san jose.

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  22. MahroFebruary 20, 2010 at 2:38 PM

    cool picture!

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