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Catching a Comet With Aerogel

  • January 21, 2004

Aerogel is one of the most amazing materials in the world. I would encourage you to check out a picture of it. Aerogel is not like conventional foams, but is a special porous material with extreme microporosity on a micron scale. It is composed of individual features only a few nanometers in size. These are linked in a highly porous dendritic-like structure. Aerogel has some absolutely amazing properties: It is 99.8 percent air, lowest density of any solid Provides 39 times more...