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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on Dec 11, 2013 3:46:11 GMT
A friend sent me a link to this photo on Facebook about a substance called Aerogel. Aerogel also known as Liquid Smoke a synthetic porous ultra light material derived from a gel, in which the liquid component of the gel has been replaced with a gas. Among the many claims about its supposed magical properties is, the tale that it is meant to be able to withstand a direct blast from two pounds of dynamite. Personally I find this & the other claims made in the image to be more than just a little far-fetched.  |
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Post by the light works on Dec 11, 2013 4:11:02 GMT
A friend sent me a link to this photo on Facebook about a substance called Aerogel. Aerogel also known as Liquid Smoke a synthetic porous ultra light material derived from a gel, in which the liquid component of the gel has been replaced with a gas. Among the many claims about its supposed magical properties is, the tale that it is meant to be able to withstand a direct blast from two pounds of dynamite. Personally I find this & the other claims made in the image to be more than just a little far-fetched. here is something a little more official: www.aerogel.org/it appears there are multiple variants of the product - which would help explain the wildly diverse claims as to its properties. addendum: the wikipedia page did not imply blast resistance, though it may be a property of a particularly permeable aerogel. (which is to say that rather than withstand the blast, it actually allows the force to go right through it.) |
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