Do you know the extreme light material In solid category? It is Aerogel. It is composed of more than 99% of air by volume. It also nicknamed as frozen smoke, solid smoke, blue smoke. But don’t get confused for its state….IT IS SOLID.
(1) Silica aerogel is transparent and highly transparent exhibit the lowest thermal conductivity compare to any solid known.
(2) Carbon aerogels power today’s fast-charging super capacitors
(3) Highly strong, bendable x-aerogels are the lowest-density structural materials ever developed.
(4) NASA used an aerogel to trap space dust particles aboard the Stardust spacecraft. The particles vaporize on impact with solids and pass through gases, but can be trapped in aerogels. NASA also used aerogel for Thermal Insulation of the Mars Rover and Space suits
(5) A chemical Absorber for cleaning up spills
(6) A catalystor a catalyst carrier
(7) Chevrolet Corvette transmission tunnel
(8) In aircraft de-icing, a new proposal uses a carbon nanotube aerogel
(9) In granular form to add Insulation to Skylights. Georgia Institute of Technology’s 2007 Solar decathlon House project used an aerogel as an insulator in the semi-transparent roof.
