Aerogel

[samuel_bubat]

Hi there,

Take a look at this very strange material.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0205/08aerogel/
http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/tech/aerogel.html

[jedisalf]

mmmmm...i wanna make a ceiling with that material, with colored lights behind it...you think it would be expensive?.....

[jujubee]

it cant' be that expensive- afterall it's 99.8% air...

btw- that's a cool freakin substance. it reminds me how unprotected spacesuits are against space particles...

[Hallock]

It's formation is extremely hard to make, it is very expensive from my understanding.

[travistlo]

"Aerogel is relatively expensive primarily because it is currently made in very limited quantities. While increasing the scale of aerogel production will reduce the cost, the basic process and raw materials are still somewhat costly. For relatively small quantities of aerogel the cost is about $1.00 per cubic centimeter for one liter."

FAQ Section of the website

travis

[travistlo]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...1&category=416

[jaggos]

Re: Aerogel

Hi there,

Take a look at this very strange material.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0205/08aerogel/
http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/tech/aerogel.html

Aerogel is very expencive material. I spent two months writing an essay for one of my subjects when I was doing my deegre in architecture, there are research for implimanting it into glazing for heat lost but very early stages still.