uetzel You're a fucking idiot, the white stuff Airloy IS NEWER! GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL!! OMG, people are so stupid. The Blue stuff is the PAST! It's BRITTLE, UNMACHINABLE, OMG I FUCKING HATE PEOPLE LIKE YOU. YOU'RE PROBABLY AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE TOO!
Airloys are aerogels. You're thinking of silica aerogels which have the blue look due to Rayleigh scattering. Airloy X56-MH is a strong aerogel that looks like classic blue aerogel if you want the best of both worlds.
Imagine dedicating years of your life to become an engineer and develop these products. Then some random dude comes along and disregards your hard work because it doesn't look as cool as an inferior product.
+Mofker GT Nerd-Powers go! Most acids just have a ton of H+ ions suspended in water. By definition your stomach has water in it. It's just saturated with Cl- and H+ anions and cations.
Post-process under a vacuum with heat, and either casein or polycarbonate!? Imagine if we used Peek + Carbon fiber continuous strand and graphene! Good stuff!!
An experiment you can easily do at home to help understand traction, which is just static friction: Clear & thoroughly clean the surface of a smooth table. Place 2 identical sheets of paper on the table a few inches apart, and place a very light book on one sheet, & place a heavy book on the other sheet. [Use books with fabric covers that do not easily slip on the paper sheets.] Now tip the table until both weighted papers start to slide. Notice that both slide at nearly the same angle!
We have some aeroeggs which are aerogels made out of supercritically dried hard boiled eggs on BuyAerogel.com but they're not made in a food grade autoclave so technically not edible.
Yeah. I've been an Army medic, & an engineer working in the bio-medical industry for several decades, so I've dealt w/ X-ray devices many times & have worn similar eye-protection. There's also lead-infused glass for windows. Such devices are only used for attenuating low-level stray radiation. Even directed-beam X-ray emitters require very heavy aprons for ambient protection of embrionic/fetal children whose mothers are getting cranial/mandibular X-rays for diagnosis or treatment.
I like the logical strength test he uses. Just because you can carefully place a brick on something does not necessarily strong. Bone might be "stronger" than concrete, but I doubt anyone would fearlessly hit their shins with a concrete pylon.
Actually that thing about aerogels withstanding dynamite is a distorted myth that is definitely not true. Airloys like this one are not destroyed by poking them and are actually quite strong.
Traction varies with vehicle weight on the drive wheels, and acceleration varies inversely with vehicle weight; so vehicle weight does not affect the limit of practical traction for acceleration or hill-climbing if weight is the only variable considered in comparison between otherwise identical vehicles, pavement & tires. As speed increases, nonlinear aerodynamics will change tractive downforce, hardly a considered variable at low speeds. As an ME, I can explain, but not in
This is incredible. Speaking as a chemist I can’t wait to examine the molecular structure of this material! I’m assuming it’s patented so I should be able to find the info.
They are fairly benign to produce from my understanding. I believe the byproducts in making them are methanol, or other alcohols, depending on what kind of aerogel is being produced.
Great question! One of the big reasons we make materials like Airloys is to help make the world a better place. We are working hard to make the manufacturing process for these materials efficient and low waste. Our revolutionary manufacturing process allows us to make aerogels at a fraction of the cost and with a fraction of the resources traditionally used. This technology also allows us to make Airloys in sizes not limited by a supercritical dryer. An Airloy material is sustainably disposable depending on application and composition. Some Airloy materials are meant to last a long time because they are used as things like aviation wall panels, while other Airloy materials can biodegrade readily because they are designed to do that. Many of the applications for Airloys are in transportation to help reduce weight and therefore fuel and as a result help make other things more sustainable as a result.
Teoh Tong Wei I'm sorry that your manufacturer hasn't quite managed to incorporate human emotions and an appreciation for art and aesthetics into your software.
did you watch the video? Mostly for insulation. You can blow torch your hand with a thin piece of aerogel on it, and you will not be harmed. Aerogel has almost no practical applications because of it's fragility besides very specific technical things, like catching comet dust in space without sacrificing weight.
That's still extremely light for it's strength, i'd like to see some practical demonstrations though, just to see if it really is suited for prolonged stress
Extremely strong aerogels are actually now commercially available - airloys are actually a special class of strong aerogels. Because silica aerogel is so ubiquitous, it's hard to remember that aerogels come in many formulations.
Methanol is used to make it, and is later removed, so it's not so much a byproduct as it is a catalyst. Your understanding was nearly correct, though, aside from the methanol and some other catalysts to construction, there's really no byproducts. Chemicals go in, aeorgel comes out.
I'm curious as to how long "a long time" is, are these applicable for usage as a building material? Utilizing these in the form of injection moldable shelters could allow for the mass production of small scale personal shelters for environmental emergencies like floods, hurricanes and earthquakes. Since this material is so lightweight once expanded into its gel form, emergency workers could easily transport the necessary base materials to produce such shelters on site. The main issues here would be the extended permeability to water and the ability to process the material into the intended final state for use as a shelter on site.. Do these materials break down rapidly? Would the marerial last through a week or two of mild weather patterns or be falling apart in minutes after a drizzle? Also, would the material's final manufacturing steps require some sort of facility or large, difficult to transport equipment?
nice but how about practical properties, like glue, it can be glued with conventional chemicals (polyster resin, epoxy, cianocrilate)?, how much heat can support without melting or blowing? reacts with matterials like the rubber used for o-rings?
I would like to see a demonstration of a torch test. also could you explain the difference in how it is manufactured. What is added to make it stronger? Warning, sounds too good to be true. However my curiosity is peaked to do some research of my own. Thanks
Why do i feel like maybe this airloys are just like a light but strong foam? That seems to be how its behaving... Its pretty light sure, but it didnt look nearly as thick as the aerogel, and already was 11% heavier even at showing... It seems like its super small, but those last %'s are the critical ones in determining if its actually can be considered lighter than air in its respects.
BRO IS THIS BEING USED FOR SPACE? Now I'm no rocket scientist, but depending on the sizes that can be created, this seems like it would be useful on spaceships for lightweight, durable insulation.
Stronger, yes. But it hinders the most important property for which aerogel is used for- insulating. 4% of air by mass takes a significant toll on aerogels insulating capabilities. I'd like to see a thermodynamic comparison to truly acknowledge that this isn't the "perfect" aerogel. All materials are a give-and-take.
This is a good point that is too often forgotten. Producing a material that has better mechanical properties and worse thermo-insulative properties doesn't necessarily mean that the "perfect" aerogel has been created. These discoveries are valuable because they create more of a spectrum of different properties to choose from, but in general the application scope of this X100 stuff will be limited as with every material. That being said, I suppose there is probably a larger market for light, tough thermal insulators, even if they aren't quite as good at insulating as the original super-brittle silica aerogel.
Amani77 No, they don't. They make a comparison of materials on an extremely large scale in an attempt to hide how big of a difference it actually makes from silicon aerogel. On top of that, they made it's thermal conductivity in brackets- what does that actually mean? By talking about the "comparisons" for 10 seconds, it's clear that their insulation capabilities aren't something to brag about. Like Taylor Petersen stated, this is still a good material, but it's misleading.
Joanna Pecko Hi are you by any chance a materials scientist? I am a chemical engineering student at SUNY geneseo we should totally talk about jobs after college lol Please!
Monim AL I'm a 5th year student at RIT :) Chemical Engineering as well! I've done several internships, so I could help you out if you have any questions. Message me anytime haha
Why does it matter anyway? The Airloy survived the poke and several hits with a hammer, as you saw, and was only slightly deformed. If he would of done that to the aerogel, there would of been pieces of it going flying all across the room...
Imagine sculpted Airloy body panels & frames with carbon-fiber skins for cars; resulting in the highest strength-to-weight ratio for such structures. Bonding the CF to Airloy would be challenging, but worthy of development.
Making something fly with aerogel is pretty easy but it has issues. First off the cost is a factor. Beyond that however as shown in this video aerogel is very brittle and therefore you must also include that as a factor.
Although his has more practicality over aerogel, I think aerogel looks a lot cooler because of its ghostly look. I think aerogel would be great for stage props. Badass lightsabers anyone?
Bob Lazar the Area 51 guy invented aerogel and sells it to NASA. Who said he was lying about back engineering alien craft there. They said he never even worked there and debunked him. He claimed the ufos used non existent at the time element 115 for propulsion, he was labelled as batshit crazy for it yet 30 years later in 2015 scientists revealed a new element of the periodic table and yupp it was element 115. NASA pay millions for his aerogel yet say he's a kook... jus sayin yeah.
Hi! I am The Bug Lord on Planet Earth. When Bugs in Fast Food Uniforms come in a Flying Saucer and Say , "Take me to Your Leader" ..They mean ME. I enjoyed your presentation. I help Cupid repair watches and jewelry. Abraham Lincoln's Big Ears are the Natural Law photocopy of the Outline of the Gulf of Mexico.
No known material is a very effective shield from alpha & beta radiation. For X-rays, lead's shielding effectiveness is defined by its bulk through which photons must pass or be blocked; there's no known way to make a lightweight X-ray shield, aerogels included.
super old vid but I wonder if there is a composition that doesn't deform as much, but rather returns to its shape after impact. Specifically to be used as a recoil buffer in a firearm.
Alpha and beta radiation is easily blocked. It's the gamma radiation that can penetrate most materials. Alpha radiation can be blocked by skin and while beta can penetrate the first few layers of skin, it can be blocked by clothing. I used to work with nuclear materials. Online source: first link when searching "alpha and beta radiation" in Google.
Fire-Proof, Bullet-Proof, now all it needs is anti-radiowave material, like nano-lead or graphite fibers, result in a similarly light, anti-radioactive Level A hazmat suit.
i want the white one to look like the blue stuff, because that blue stuff looks like future
This comment makes the most sense. Let them al chatter on about insulation, I want the blue stuff too!
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+uetzel Looks over functionality. Yea right, I never understand the mindset of people like you.
+Wasted Dreams Neither jokes.
uetzel You're a fucking idiot, the white stuff Airloy IS NEWER! GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL!! OMG, people are so stupid. The Blue stuff is the PAST! It's BRITTLE, UNMACHINABLE, OMG I FUCKING HATE PEOPLE LIKE YOU. YOU'RE PROBABLY AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE TOO!
96% air. pff. Lays chips are 99% air
William Vinluan Funny guy
+MobbSparta Aye, but they don't hold very well to water either.
+MobbSparta Nice profile pic...
Same to you...
MobbSparta Thanks
But aerogel looks cooler
true i love the transparent blue
both are aerogel dumbass
bluer
Airloys are aerogels. You're thinking of silica aerogels which have the blue look due to Rayleigh scattering. Airloy X56-MH is a strong aerogel that looks like classic blue aerogel if you want the best of both worlds.
Imagine dedicating years of your life to become an engineer and develop these products. Then some random dude comes along and disregards your hard work because it doesn't look as cool as an inferior product.
i want to eat the aeorogel
So true tthe yummy crunch
+Zade YO Stomach doesn't have any water. Only acid.
it has some water u just drank
+Mofker GT Nerd-Powers go! Most acids just have a ton of H+ ions suspended in water. By definition your stomach has water in it. It's just saturated with Cl- and H+ anions and cations.
sounds like a engeniered reduce-fastfat XD
All this technology and you are filming with a mobilephone xD
consumer availability is the future.
Mobile phones are at the pinnacle of technology...
It was a Flip video cam actually. Fun early days of Airloys when we didn't have good cameras yet.
Everyone has to start somewhere. Even an ingenious inventor such as this! I wasn’t aware you filmed for Universal Pictures.
something is sneaky about "aerogel" for sure.
This stuff would be great for RC aircraft.
Friggin brilliant! This will revolutionize all kinds of fields, from construction to automotive and way beyond!
Truly amazing stuff. Especially amazing how you can put stuff that is lighter than air (96% the density of air) on the table without it floating up!
Revolutionary. Simply revolutionary. If ever I start earning money, I might invest in Airloy™-based projects.
Great stuff, I can't wait until this can be efficiently mass produced for industries.
That happened in 2018.
Wow, he can even bang it on the table!
i don't think you get it, please leave now... thanks
lol, theo, you have no sense of humor :)
Alienfish20 My mom is dead.
Baws Dafuq i'm sorry :/
Baws Dafuq i'm sorry :/
Post-process under a vacuum with heat, and either casein or polycarbonate!? Imagine if we used Peek + Carbon fiber continuous strand and graphene! Good stuff!!
That hammer lying on the table is so dramatic. Pure Chekhov's gun.
An experiment you can easily do at home to help understand traction, which is just static friction: Clear & thoroughly clean the surface of a smooth table. Place 2 identical sheets of paper on the table a few inches apart, and place a very light book on one sheet, & place a heavy book on the other sheet. [Use books with fabric covers that do not easily slip on the paper sheets.] Now tip the table until both weighted papers start to slide. Notice that both slide at nearly the same angle!
Hello, Are you planning to make these edible?
MrMrMaran im glad to see im not the only one wanting to put this in my mouth
+MrMrMaran Dafuq is wrong with your brain. Oh wait, you don't have brain. Ok I understand you. =)
Teoh Tong Wei he has a brain since he was able to type this. you, however, are rude and of no good manners
We have some aeroeggs which are aerogels made out of supercritically dried hard boiled eggs on BuyAerogel.com but they're not made in a food grade autoclave so technically not edible.
aerogeltech That has never stopped me in the past and I won't let it stop me in the future
This is as big as the invention of carbon fiber. Speechless.
this thing is useless...
tryteka Well if you thing this material is useless, then your children will have a hard time.
Kiohmo we live without this thing for a long time and live happy...
Kiohmo I think you don't understand
tryteka Enlighten me then.
Yeah. I've been an Army medic, & an engineer working in the bio-medical industry for several decades, so I've dealt w/ X-ray devices many times & have worn similar eye-protection. There's also lead-infused glass for windows. Such devices are only used for attenuating low-level stray radiation. Even directed-beam X-ray emitters require very heavy aprons for ambient protection of embrionic/fetal children whose mothers are getting cranial/mandibular X-rays for diagnosis or treatment.
but will it blend?
It always blends.
Let's find out in this video
They should make phones with this stuff. Light. Waterproof. Strong.
I like the logical strength test he uses. Just because you can carefully place a brick on something does not necessarily strong. Bone might be "stronger" than concrete, but I doubt anyone would fearlessly hit their shins with a concrete pylon.
Can Withstand the a direct blast from two pounds of dynamite.
Gets fucking destroyed when you poke it.
+Zero the Greninja It's like cornstarch in a way. Rapid force does very little but slow force deforms or destroys it.
Actually that thing about aerogels withstanding dynamite is a distorted myth that is definitely not true. Airloys like this one are not destroyed by poking them and are actually quite strong.
would be really good for coolers, water heaters and even houses
OMG Imagine a toy airplane made out of airloy. lol
I like how he puts the hammer down, then decides to go back and give it another good whack before putting it down again.
I had no idea it existed. Truly amazing. Hats off to you.
Traction varies with vehicle weight on the drive wheels, and acceleration varies inversely with vehicle weight; so vehicle weight does not affect the limit of practical traction for acceleration or hill-climbing if weight is the only variable considered in comparison between otherwise identical vehicles, pavement & tires. As speed increases, nonlinear aerodynamics will change tractive downforce, hardly a considered variable at low speeds. As an ME, I can explain, but not in
I love that you do the cons I haven’t seen anyone do these much respect🙏🏻
A change in engineering that suits our century. Though we haven't done much with it yet.
Would make an excellent support structure for carbon fibre if it can withstand the autoclave process required to cure the composite...
I'm so freakin hungry, my stomach growled looking at the Airloy lol
the reason people like aerogel more than aeroloys is because it looks cool
This is incredible. Speaking as a chemist I can’t wait to examine the molecular structure of this material! I’m assuming it’s patented so I should be able to find the info.
Eva foam is 0.04 g/CC and it's incredibly strong (used to make shoes)
damn, I wanna make solar powered wings for humans with this stuff but I'm not an engineer or anything so I guess this'll stay a dream :P
1:33 "I can bang it on the table, and I can bang it with my fist"
They are fairly benign to produce from my understanding. I believe the byproducts in making them are methanol, or other alcohols, depending on what kind of aerogel is being produced.
1:46 For some reason, I found this really amusing.
How much waste is created in the manufacturing and lifecycle of the product and is it sustainably disposable?
Great question! One of the big reasons we make materials like Airloys is to help make the world a better place. We are working hard to make the manufacturing process for these materials efficient and low waste. Our revolutionary manufacturing process allows us to make aerogels at a fraction of the cost and with a fraction of the resources traditionally used. This technology also allows us to make Airloys in sizes not limited by a supercritical dryer. An Airloy material is sustainably disposable depending on application and composition. Some Airloy materials are meant to last a long time because they are used as things like aviation wall panels, while other Airloy materials can biodegrade readily because they are designed to do that. Many of the applications for Airloys are in transportation to help reduce weight and therefore fuel and as a result help make other things more sustainable as a result.
Yeeaaah but the regular aerogels look way cooler. When Aerloys look as nice as aerogels then I'll be interested.
+Noodlecake Monroe Looks over functionality. Yea right, I never understand the mindset of people like you.
Teoh Tong Wei I'm sorry that your manufacturer hasn't quite managed to incorporate human emotions and an appreciation for art and aesthetics into your software.
Teoh Tong Wei I'm an artist. Of course I care more about aesthetics than functionality. If I didn't I would be terrible at my profession!
Noodlecake Monroe Well, you didn't mention that you are an artist. Sorry then. Mind a handshake? *Extend my hand to you*
Teoh Tong Wei Yeah. That's cool!
This shit keeps me up at night and you don't have a cameraman.
did you watch the video? Mostly for insulation. You can blow torch your hand with a thin piece of aerogel on it, and you will not be harmed. Aerogel has almost no practical applications because of it's fragility besides very specific technical things, like catching comet dust in space without sacrificing weight.
Air density is about 1.2 mg/cm^3, not 1.2 g/cm^3. So aerogel density of 0.1 g/cm^3 = 100 mg/cm^3 at 0:43 makes about 100 times air density, not 96%.
That's still extremely light for it's strength, i'd like to see some practical demonstrations though, just to see if it really is suited for prolonged stress
Extremely strong aerogels are actually now commercially available - airloys are actually a special class of strong aerogels. Because silica aerogel is so ubiquitous, it's hard to remember that aerogels come in many formulations.
Apply never wet on it as well and you get a total water proof light and strong isolating material. =)
Lol it kinda looks like they just took a bottlecap and gave it a fancy name
COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE!!!!?
YEAH BABY!!
Methanol is used to make it, and is later removed, so it's not so much a byproduct as it is a catalyst. Your understanding was nearly correct, though, aside from the methanol and some other catalysts to construction, there's really no byproducts. Chemicals go in, aeorgel comes out.
number 17 is in front, approaching 200 km/h and, HOLY SHIT! NUMBER 17 HAS STARTED FLYING!
GRAMS ! ! i UNDERSTAND GRAMS HAHAHA
I'm curious as to how long "a long time" is, are these applicable for usage as a building material? Utilizing these in the form of injection moldable shelters could allow for the mass production of small scale personal shelters for environmental emergencies like floods, hurricanes and earthquakes. Since this material is so lightweight once expanded into its gel form, emergency workers could easily transport the necessary base materials to produce such shelters on site.
The main issues here would be the extended permeability to water and the ability to process the material into the intended final state for use as a shelter on site.. Do these materials break down rapidly? Would the marerial last through a week or two of mild weather patterns or be falling apart in minutes after a drizzle? Also, would the material's final manufacturing steps require some sort of facility or large, difficult to transport equipment?
are you sure that's not Styrofoam?
Lmfao
Is it only me who saw this profile picture so many times 🤔
@@ifahuwu8065 yeah right? Super annoying
This actually seems really cool, but why didn't you show a demonstration of airloys withstanding heat?
Aerogel can be manufactured to be Hydrophobic
Yea or even just coat it with hydrophobic laquer or whatever
I see that your sample of Airloy was concave to get the same wight bot that's fine, i get the point.
nice but how about practical properties, like glue, it can be glued with conventional chemicals (polyster resin, epoxy, cianocrilate)?, how much heat can support without melting or blowing? reacts with matterials like the rubber used for o-rings?
They should make bumpers from this!
This is brilliant. How much does it cost to produce?
I would like to see a demonstration of a torch test. also could you explain the difference in how it is manufactured. What is added to make it stronger? Warning, sounds too good to be true. However my curiosity is peaked to do some research of my own. Thanks
I see great things in the future of automobiles
Why do i feel like maybe this airloys are just like a light but strong foam? That seems to be how its behaving...
Its pretty light sure, but it didnt look nearly as thick as the aerogel, and already was 11% heavier even at showing... It seems like its super small, but those last %'s are the critical ones in determining if its actually can be considered lighter than air in its respects.
Wow! This would make a good protection case for a smartphone!
You need to do something with this material and you need to do it quick. You need to make an air guitar.
BRO IS THIS BEING USED FOR SPACE?
Now I'm no rocket scientist, but depending on the sizes that can be created, this seems like it would be useful on spaceships for lightweight, durable insulation.
Yes they are used in space as dust collectors.
Aren't they not very resistant to high temperature?
this is what everything will be made out of in the future...
Dildo's.
I can see everything being made from 3D printers, and made of aerogel.
Every presentation should have hammertests :D
Stronger, yes. But it hinders the most important property for which aerogel is used for- insulating.
4% of air by mass takes a significant toll on aerogels insulating capabilities. I'd like to see a thermodynamic comparison to truly acknowledge that this isn't the "perfect" aerogel. All materials are a give-and-take.
This is a good point that is too often forgotten. Producing a material that has better mechanical properties and worse thermo-insulative properties doesn't necessarily mean that the "perfect" aerogel has been created. These discoveries are valuable because they create more of a spectrum of different properties to choose from, but in general the application scope of this X100 stuff will be limited as with every material. That being said, I suppose there is probably a larger market for light, tough thermal insulators, even if they aren't quite as good at insulating as the original super-brittle silica aerogel.
Did you not watch the video? They cover this at 3:00.
Amani77
No, they don't. They make a comparison of materials on an extremely large scale in an attempt to hide how big of a difference it actually makes from silicon aerogel. On top of that, they made it's thermal conductivity in brackets- what does that actually mean?
By talking about the "comparisons" for 10 seconds, it's clear that their insulation capabilities aren't something to brag about.
Like Taylor Petersen stated, this is still a good material, but it's misleading.
Joanna Pecko Hi are you by any chance a materials scientist? I am a chemical engineering student at SUNY geneseo we should totally talk about jobs after college lol Please!
Monim AL I'm a 5th year student at RIT :) Chemical Engineering as well! I've done several internships, so I could help you out if you have any questions. Message me anytime haha
guys
what if we covered an airplane with tiles made out of this plus some blankets. then flew it into space with rockets.
Why does it matter anyway?
The Airloy survived the poke and several hits with a hammer, as you saw, and was only slightly deformed. If he would of done that to the aerogel, there would of been pieces of it going flying all across the room...
Imagine sculpted Airloy body panels & frames with carbon-fiber skins for cars; resulting in the highest strength-to-weight ratio for such structures. Bonding the CF to Airloy would be challenging, but worthy of development.
Making something fly with aerogel is pretty easy but it has issues. First off the cost is a factor. Beyond that however as shown in this video aerogel is very brittle and therefore you must also include that as a factor.
at 2:18 I was expecting him to say "...as your mom."
😂😂😝😝
I stand corrected. Thanx.
id imagine eating this would feel like eating porous chocolate. Except on a much smaller scale and disgusting.
And tasting nothing like chocolate
on the chart at the end styrofoam is almost as good as airloys. Whats the advantage from now on ?
I need some of that for my fiberglass speedboat.
That would be absolutely awesome. I'm wondering how such a vehicle would hope to get any traction at lower speeds though.
I would be really interesting to make turbocharger parts out of that stuff. Maybe even use it in gas turbines of jet engines.
Pretty sure it’s flammable
He did that to show how brittle the aerogel was. The brick was to show the strength.
Although his has more practicality over aerogel, I think aerogel looks a lot cooler because of its ghostly look. I think aerogel would be great for stage props. Badass lightsabers anyone?
reinforce it with something?
We should make some fire arms out of that
just had to check it wasn't posted April 1st... 6 year old video... but where is this product and technology being used so far?
It's a meme that came from a game, but i think it still fits here:
*W O A H* *T E C H N O L O G Y*
No he weighed it in grams-force. Massing it would require some sort of counterbalance, this just relied on gravitational force.
Planet Earths source for Aerogel??
You mean I could probably pick this up cheaper on the Moon markets or something?
Try Mars, I heard you can get a ton of the stuff for a few grams of gold.
Rarely can you pick anything up cheaper on the moon.
You can try to pick up regolith on the moon, but it's mostly dust - bring a shovel.
Bob Lazar the Area 51 guy invented aerogel and sells it to NASA. Who said he was lying about back engineering alien craft there. They said he never even worked there and debunked him. He claimed the ufos used non existent at the time element 115 for propulsion, he was labelled as batshit crazy for it yet 30 years later in 2015 scientists revealed a new element of the periodic table and yupp it was element 115. NASA pay millions for his aerogel yet say he's a kook... jus sayin yeah.
But can I make a calendar head and pistons out of it? If so EGT's would not need to be a worry.
Hi! I am The Bug Lord on Planet Earth. When Bugs in Fast Food Uniforms come in a Flying Saucer and Say , "Take me to Your Leader" ..They mean ME. I enjoyed your presentation. I help Cupid repair watches and jewelry. Abraham Lincoln's Big Ears are the Natural Law photocopy of the Outline of the Gulf of Mexico.
Uhhh...
Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board
No known material is a very effective shield from alpha & beta radiation. For X-rays, lead's shielding effectiveness is defined by its bulk through which photons must pass or be blocked; there's no known way to make a lightweight X-ray shield, aerogels included.
Is it nontoxic and environmentally safe?
...its air
***** You try hitting air with a hammer? Results are not congruent.
BURN!!!
The Cartographer It is solid air/smoke
Ever hear of crystalline silica exposure?
super old vid but I wonder if there is a composition that doesn't deform as much, but rather returns to its shape after impact.
Specifically to be used as a recoil buffer in a firearm.
wow, think of boats, large shipping containers, etc....would completely change the game.
I have no idea what I would do with this and I want it.
Alpha and beta radiation is easily blocked. It's the gamma radiation that can penetrate most materials. Alpha radiation can be blocked by skin and while beta can penetrate the first few layers of skin, it can be blocked by clothing. I used to work with nuclear materials.
Online source: first link when searching "alpha and beta radiation" in Google.
i want the look of the blue aerogel with properties of the white one.
What sucks about 'Airloy x100' is that the operating temperature is only 80C
Fire-Proof, Bullet-Proof, now all it needs is anti-radiowave material, like nano-lead or graphite fibers, result in a similarly light, anti-radioactive Level A hazmat suit.
Could that possibly be used to create a vacuum airship? Is it rigid enough not to implode on itself?
At 1:21 he starts sounding like Jeff Goldbloom in Jurassic Park
Make me airloy furniture I can pick up and bring with me.