I Waterproofed Myself With Aerogel!
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- Опубліковано 20 чер 2019
- Aerogel has extraordinary properties but it can be tough to work with. This video looks at modifying aerogels to take advantage of their unique characteristics.
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Huge thanks to Dr. Stephen Steiner and the crew at Aerogel Technologies. To find out more or buy your own aerogel sample, check out: www.aerogeltechnologies.com/
Thanks to Dr. Steven Jones and Dr. Mihail Petkov at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
And thanks to FLIR for loaning us the awesome high definition thermal camera. The footage is amazing! www.flir.com
Aerogel’s extraordinary properties are due in large part to its structure. Aerogel is a solid but on the nanoscale it has a mesh or sponge-like structure. The struts of this structure are nanoscale, as are the pores at around 20nm across. This makes silica aerogel incredibly light (it was once the lightest solid but has now been superseded by graphene aerogel), transparent and adsorbent.
An ice-cube sized piece of aerogel has an internal surface area roughly equal to half a football field. Aerogel is used in high end museum cases to regulate humidity. Plus it helps maintain the vacuum on the Mars Insight seismometers - it adsorbs moisture and other outgassed volatiles that come from the spacecraft itself. Proposed uses include as a physical insecticide by ‘drying out insects’ reducing the need for chemical and toxic pesticides.
Special thanks to all my Patreon supporters especially those who contributed feedback to an earlier draft of this video:
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This is an educational, scientific video.
I'm here for the laminar flow dawg.
Not for Total Internal Reflection?
I knew you would be here XD
Lol
Please make a video on this stuff it's super interesting and I want to know more about it.
You yourself proved that laminar flow doesn't exist
The future’s kids: “I can’t go swimming today, I forgot my aerogel at home”
I read this and started giggling but it’s 3 in the morning so I need to be quiet.... XD
{Ãñgėl} *curious wolf sounds*
ok btw, ew gacha
Soooooo theyr naked?
420 noice
ua-cam.com/video/VDB5ewu6-M4/v-deo.html lol
Me: **Thinking that aerogel is really soft and squishy**
Aerogel: **Makes a metallic sound**
Me: oh
first
It looks kinda tasty lmao
UHH YEAH!
Souvlaki Wikipedia same
Greek?...
Aerogel has got to be the most interesting thing I've ever seen. It's absolutely mind blowing
Finally an amazing UA-cam channel which makes us more knowledgeable! Thanks guys, keep us the good work
"You're confident I'm not going to get hurt?"
"Not permanently."
10/10 reassuring speech
he said that to avoid a lawsuit if anything went wrong lmao
Yes
That fluttershy in your profile is creepy
Only thing that hurt was your profile pic on my eyes
*Speech 100*
Airogel: I’m 99% air
Chip bags: pathetic
Underrated comment
Lol
u deserve a hundred k likes and a medal
😂😂😂😂😂
Lmfao
How difficult is it to wash off? Also, is it damaging to the lungs if the dust is breathed in?
This is what I was thinking. Plus isn't this how people treated asbestos before they realized it was harmful? I'd have had some sort of mask on + goggles etc...
11:20 I think the man in the blue shirt explains this here
@@kazooersunited True, but isn't this stuff bleeding edge new? How many long term studies have they done on humans? Asbestos takes roughly 30 years for its scarring damage complications to manifest. Just saying I'm not sure I want any form of silica in my lungs.
No it’s not dangerous to breath in I’m pretty sure
@@Creamy_swirl22 they would phrase it as, “we have no evidence that this is dangerous to humans,” because ofc we don’t- it hasn’t had long enough to be studied. Lol.
very off topic but this man here has completely changed my perspectives and made me ask further questions into his learning, I love how education yet fun it is and love the fact that it keeps me pentertained, can't wait to see further lessons on his work
Aerogel: I’m 99% air
Lays: *_Are you challenging me?_*
🤣🤣
Air is 100% air
Lays: are you challenging me
That’s not even a joke, it’s an issue. I low-key get 5 chips max
Is it Lays fault that your fat ass buys packs by their size instead of their weight? You'd rather have fully stuffed bags with crumbled chips in it because there's no space?
Fabian Girsch Well obviously not fully stuffed but I don’t want a good half of my bag to be an air pocket and void space between chips.
2030: Snorting aerogel to breathe underwater
2040: Cover yourself in aerogel to swim in lava
Underrated comment is underrated.
2050: covering yourselves in earogel to breathe out of space
Bro
@Aiden Bauman wh-
This videos make me LOVE science, thank you
This video makes me realize how amazing science is. The things these scientists are able to figure out is just astonishing.
I was also wondering how that guy got all the aerogel powder off his body. Especially since it repels water. ?
Moral of the story: He will never be able to take a shower ever again
So you're telling me, a blow torch is hotter than a volcano?
*BOI IF YOU DON'T*
Salty Squirrel ok 👏🏽 bear with me on this... volcano diving ....BOOM we are rich
@@Solid.food. isn't that a little poisonous to the skin and lungs?
Salty Squirrel but we will be rich...think about all the money
@@Solid.food. think about losing all that money because you are dead
* puts waterproof material on *
* tries to wash it off*
*outstanding move*
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
How... how do you remove it then?
The FBI ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@@weezard9011 OUTRO MUSIC?
@@whimsy5623 water surfactant aka detergent
Congratulations on 15M subs!
Your videos are pure quality.
The real question is how he got the aerogel off.
Me: By washing his hands... wait a minute
Owen Yang boi
The world may never know...
He are still covered
Probably used oil
A soap will most likely do the job since it contains both a polar and non polar section
*Moms in 2050* : “okay kids it’s raining don’t forget to spray your aerogel on”
y e s
CS that would be beautiful
There would always be that kid who doesn't listen.
Yes mother *sprays* *gets on hoverboard*
Some people would like that, but I’m a person who likes to feel rain on my face and feel the cool rain droplets. Of course I would definitely like this to protect my pack and the items inside from getting wet.
This is the coolest thing I’ve seen in a while!
Great job!
Thank you soooo much!!!
This is amazing!!
Thank you again!
Me: maybe I should go to sleep
UA-cam: I waterproofed myself with aerogel
anime fan OML SAME XD
WTH SAMEEEE
me rn
me now its 12:12 midnight and i hv class tmr
well i would be watching anime either ways haha
Aerogel floats on water
*Step 1:* _wait for it to rain_
*Step 2:* _cover yourself in aerogel_
*Step 3:* _fly_
Also, go on a diet
@@dt3338
Don’t call me out like that 😭
This is epic😁
That sounds like minecraft
blood...
floats on blood.
God bless you sir. 💕 Thanks for everything. 👍
Huh, I remember seeing another video about a heat resistant putty-like material made from I believe corn starch, flour, and sugar, and that worked incredibly similarly to what he shows early in the video. Minus the aerogel of course. Whatever they've made must be incredible.
Aerogel: I'm 99% air
Lays: That's cute
Ye lays are 99.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 percent air
Yep😁😭😂😂😂😂
One joke, huh?
@@saxinator143 no cap
@@zapato9041 .... thats the
_
same number as 99.9
*"You're confident that I'm not going to damaged?"*
*"Not permanently"*
I think the look on my face after that says 'does not compute'
nice
Scientists being scientists
So, he's not permanently confident?
Veritasium A ice cube size aerogel has a surface area similar to half the area of football field. Interesting 👍
The silver effect on you looks so Y2K! I love it.
I got to tour a NASA facility a few years ago and they showed off some aerogel and even just the way the stuff looks in person is really trippy, it's what you would imagine solid air to look like
This is how Ariel was always dry once she got out of water.
Aerogel..Ariel..the fbi would like to know your location
@@Shanziiyzt Try be less funny, I bet you can't do it
@@leo_g1154 idk if this is sarcasm
Shanell women aren’t funny is what he’s saying
How are you so unfunny?
"Am I going to be damaged by this?"
*"not permanently"*
Love the confidence, love the confidence
*reassuring 100*
this tech is definitely so useful for fire fighters
What if your body wants to sweat but you can’t
I edited this comment so the replies don’t make any sense
But u still cant breathe
King Crimson y/wooooosh
@@screamsinfrench8280 xd
King Crimson lol 😂 nice to see you handled that well
@@screamsinfrench8280 i just erased time nothing to worry about
Aerogel: is 99.99% air
My bag of Doritos: *Pathetic*
Stolen
Catscruff lots of people can have the same idea, bruh
Trystan kk
@@fwnicegentleman5962 Ah yes telling someone to shush when they’re speaking truth
Makes sense
It's 99.8% not 99.99%
Absolutely fascinating and informative
what I'm curious about is if you coat your whole body with the hydrophobic powder to make yourself waterproof, how do you get it off? I assume showering won't really work in this scenario.
“Okay, I waterproofed myself..........now how do I wash this off?”
I thought the exact same thing xD
Anticonny now make yourself soap proof
oil maybe
maybe ethanol
Vodka
Derek after the video: "Time to wash this off"
Aerogel: *laughs menacingly*
i cant ruin that the comment has 69 likes otherwise i would like
griffin gamez
I respect you
He is forever waterproof
You can wipe it off tho
Cay9s yo really? thats cool never knew thanks bro
Back in the 70-80's a man invented a substance called Starlite. Thermally, it out-performed equivalent materials. Because it's inventor was so apprehensive about reveling Starlites composition, he took his formula to the grave. In 2018 a youtuber, attempting to recreate Starlite and came very close to doing so by using only flour, sugar borax and cornstarch. I attempted this myself and was surprised to find it actually worked! Once mixed, it can be formed and it hardens as it drys.
This is incredible, is it available on the market for insulation of homes etc? If so, is there a particular name for it?
*Covers himself in Aerogel*: Wow this feels weird
*Submerges in pool*: Awesome, I don't even feel wet
*Gets in shower*: Damn, how do I get this stuff off?
well, as long as the dirt/grime on his skin doesn't get the aerogel on it, then he doesn't need to take it off!
@Andy Smith yeah fair enough.
though, then again, i can already see it...
"florida man dies from wearing aerogel armor!"
You use waterproof water
Uhh does this have a different "meaning"? It seems like no one understands... Is it just me???
scrubbing it
You can only like this if you didn't search for it
yung boi I had to search for this bc I finally wanted to watch it after it being in my recommended for a week
This was in my recommended and it looked cool so :/
yeah, i liked the video too!
Correctt
This was in my recommended as I was trying to do math
BUT HOW DO YOU WASH YOURSELF IF YOU CANT TOUCH WATER?
They should make this for firefighters for their jackets. I know that it would be expensive, but it could very well be a life saving apparatus for them, even baby blankets, and so much more. How amazing is this structure! I'm in Awe!!
Video game characters when they come out of water look completely dry. Now we know how
[Mario in SMO has entered the chat]
No no no, its becuz your fking graphic quality is on low
Small World lol
We don't live in 2002 anymore bruh.
r/woosh
I wanna see someone drop a peice of aerogel into a bucket of water
Vouch
Everyone on earth dies
buttercup. We’re gonna die? 😭
Omg yes
Daily Memes bruh the universe would die lmao
This would be amazing for those suffering from excema. Some get allergic to water, and so with something like this they would be able to participate in swimming or water sports without worry.
Huh, some get allergic to water? Weird. For me it’s when my skin is dry that it’s a problem.
Would this make swimming faster or slower? The visual effect of the aerogel in the pool reminded me of the effect that was leveraged to make the worlds fastest torpedo which utilises super-cavitation to reduce resistance to the water.
Diamond armor: nah
Netherite armor: nah
Aerogel armor: HECK YEAH
line x armor
1: get aerogel and turn it to dust
2: get flex seal liquid
3: mix
4: pour it on diamond armor
this armor will have the protection properties of diamond, the rubber holds the diamond together and it will give fire resistance if you wear the entire set.
MSSGNO and upgrading it with netherite will basically turn on god mode
@@missingno2401 Quick! Delete this before the Secret Services get to you. It may be too late.
@@charliec986 i will sacrifice myself if it means helping people obtain super armor
Clickbait title✓
Quality content✓
Perfectly balanced as all things should be
It isn't really clickbait
clickbait. wot
Mikas he didn’t really make himself fireproof though did he
@@couqueza4169 True. The title is enticing though.
He explained in one of his other videos why he does it.
UA-cam hard at work making sure nothing new shows up in my feed..... Just seeing this now (Aug. 17/2022) for the first time. This is the FIRST time UA-cam has recommended it for me.
Genuine question: How do you remove the aerogel from your hands ?
“I waterproofed myself”
Skin: Am I a joke you you?
Peter skin absorbs water
Pores: yes
Yeah, what he said
Yes, if you just got wet, water was gonna sit there, but leave that wet area of your skin alone and you will dry. That's because your skin absorbed the water, but sometimes I like to think that it could had evaporated, because I have a hard time believing my skin is eating what I leave on it
Hatin Life you are right, skin absorbs some of the water while some of the water evaporates.
I literally tapped on this video to find this comment
This can save lives. Imagine a fire-mans suit with aerogel.
it costs 23,000 dollars per pound of aerogel, 1000 cubic meters is only 0.0083 lbs. Pretty expensive if you ask me also im pretty sure they would already be using it
Priority that’s what I was about to say l lmao
Or a minimalistic diving suit
@@priority688 You don't have to use pure aerogel, just a little bit and it gives a massive boost in thermal conductivity.
@@priority688
cost of something changes as it is produced more.
people were saying the same thing about electric cars and now they're way cheaper than what they were before
I'd be interested in seeing experiment's pertaining aerogel and how radiation reacts to it. Its properties could provide proper containment.
I've mentioned this before...wouldn't it be magnificent if it could deflect radiation?!
When talking to marketing people: "don't touch anything or we might be liable"
When talking to engineers: "here you go, put this blowtorch on your fingers"
Yes
Engineers seem to know how to have fun.
No way
In 30 years this guy dies of skincancer. Its like history repeats itself. Asbestos anyone? Radioactivity anyone? X-rays anyone? Contargane anyone?
@@Broxine *Contergan Also, you don't seem to know what aerogel is. I'm very certain it is perfectly safe based on what I know about it. Veritasium knows a lot more than me about it, so I'm sure he heavily believes in it being safe.
I feel like this would be a great material that should be utilized by firefighters.
@ Gianna Leal I totally agree, your comment should be pinned on top.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV my dad I a fire fighter and they are not using this stuff
@@3musketeersclesh did you even watch the video?
all you dogs so annoyed.
To expensive
The way that the hydrophobic effect works confused me for a while but when you understand it it's honestly quite simple. At least when you're looking at it from the perspective of thermodinamycs, considering the gibs free energy change, enthalpy decrease and entropy increase in the water.
If this was my science class, I would never miss a class
You say that as if you miss classes a lot
“Non flammable binder”
“What’s burning?”
“The binder”
Non-flammable as in it won't ignite but rather melt/burn.
Dumb butt!!!
@@greslycraane1986 Mr Petaurista
There wasn’t a flame started. That’s sorta what nonflammable means.
i mean it didnt say it was nonburnable
Next video: *I made myself Imortal with liquid flex tape*
I think they call that flex seal
Newmono Finn
Kb
Thomas McKenzie nah it’s a new product, people loved flex tape so much, they decided to make the tape a liquid, it’s an entirely new product
SPRAY ON SHOES!
aerogel an isolation tank
Extremely amazing
This is incredible
House: **burning down**
Firefighters: “we can’t do this!”
**guy shows up with aerogel all covered on him**
Firefighters: 👀👀
@ChaiSpicedD The thing is: Insulation and water repelling works both ways. So the body heat and sweat of the fireman can also become a problem. That being said, I could imagine that those kind of suits can be used for short durations in extreme situations. Most likely not with a wet gel, but a composite of aerogel and fiber, as the paste could fall off and some composites are already quite flexible.
But, all of that is more like an idea for the far future. Right now these aerogels are quite expensive to produce and mostly labscale and rarely in industrial use (NASA, Mars Rover and such).
ƈǟʟɨ ɮʊʀʀɨᏆօ mormie
Aerogelled up deaf guy
@@ununoctiumz99 But it's not at all difficult to incorporate a means of cooling within the aerogel suit. A simple oxygen tank, which would be required for traversing a burning building anyway, would be plenty sufficient.
Firefighter: *_Hold Up_*
So, you're molding the Aerogel into shape.. Could you then call yourself... An Aerosmith?
Narancia is dead
Narancia didn't die for this!
*Volare Via!*
Crap
Rip Narancia
After 1 year seeing the thumbnail sitting on my youtube recommend, i finally watched this video.
Wow imagine the limitless possibilities
“Do not try this at home”
You know what. I’m gonna make a highly heat resistant material from air, form it into a gel like state, then blowtorch my own limbs to see if it works at resisting 2000 degree heat..
*FBI* OPEN UP!
I'll just try it on school.
@@JEAthePrince FBI? Is this a federal crime?
@@Corn0nTheCobb No, this is dangerous we have to stop him
@@user-nq9uh9ev1c I disagree. I know he was just kidding, but if someone was actually dumb enough to try this, I'd be in favor of letting them learn the hard way.
This guy: Spends alot of money on aero gel to become water proof.
Me: Covers myself in butter to become waterproof.
Tobi Lynn butter is water resistant not proof
@@bobrosser1101
R/woooooooosh
Nikitas33 r/stfu
Instructions unclear, covered self with butters’s organs
@@pregnantbae9432 another shitty kid who doesnt know how to woooosh people...
This is SO COOL
Itd be awesome for survival instances to keep from getting hypothermia if someone needs to cross snow, water, or go through extreme heat if you could mass produce a rubbing powder
The worlds second lightest solid is my wallet
and mines is the first lightest
Xavier Fernandez nah I win I don’t even have a wallet I’m so broke 😭😂
PSN Store cards right?
@Skyler Rogers Your wallet so light, its going up and you have to retain it with a chain
Condoms?
I edited the comment so the replies don’t make sense :)
Honestly I'm having a hard time understanding too..
Bc even though it's called aerogel. It's not a gel
@@AyoJayArr oh really
study chemistry dammit you are a muggle
But can u breath while covered in aerogel because it has a thin layer of oxygen
I never knew it made a clang! Cool!
It would be cool if they are capable of using this for firefighters or search and rescue teams in Alsaka/Antarctica area in the future.
"This experiment was conducted by professionals."
Derek: I wanna do the blowtorching myself
Well, Derek IS a professional.
Wtf are you talking about?
I mean derek is a physicist
@@diosito9161 And he was scared why then?
John Chase i dunno man i just said that technically he is a professional who got a full scholarship for an engineering school and is a physicist, if he gets scared it probably has to do with the situation he is in not because he isn’t who he is.
“I made myself waterproof!”
Next video: “I made myself bullet proof!”
*runs into battlefield*
Meets M1 Abrams
@@oxy6689 backed up with A-10 warthogs
@@greykid7201 lmao
ENEMY AC130 ABOVE
@@Dabadi4834 TACTICAL NUKE INCOMING.
2:25 “It doesn’t feel hot at all”
*Nerve endings burning away*
@derek muller what happens if you replace air with helium in an aerogel? Does it become much more lighter and even buoyant in air?
This is a perfect material to use inside F1 helmets to protect fire incidents.
And suits especially body
Grosjean would love this idea
Yooo
@@billu6614 grosjeans face didn’t get burned
So we cant use kevlar which is also non flamable and kevlar isnt as soft as aerogel.
how do you wash of a waterproof substance, my brain cant handle this
Scrub it off I think. Honestly my mind is hurting because of that
Childish Lemonade probably you could use an oil based cleanser, or just straight oil like coconut oil, because oil absorbs and grabs onto things that water doesn’t.
Childish Lemonade use something that breaks it down or scrub I guess
*Yeah, This is big brain time.*
you have to use oil
VERY EDUCATIVE PIECE
cant these make good umbrella materials? like they can protect you from heat and also from water and light weight! sounds good to me!
Next video: I Fireproofed myself with Aerogel!
*Jumps into lava*
Just use a potion of fire resistance
Where sthe HP Button doe
FireBrad_ *cue Minecraft theme*
@@coatpocket7017 *Gamers please right for our national gamer anthem*
ChaoticPyrrhus04 what do you mean right mate?
This reminds me of the spray on shoes from cloudy with a chance of meatballs 😭🤣
Hi :3 omg same
Hi :3 yes! Exactly what I was thinking
Now we’re talkin!
Oh my gosh that’s freaking awesome
Hi :3 thats what i was thinking!
Seems like a cool way to avoid cold waters, assume you are eg a cold water surfer. Not only are you not wet but also not cold. (On risky sea vessels maybe helpful too?)
I love how it makes him look like that magic sand that never gets wet
The gel could be insanely good for firefighter suits.
@@melmao6531 How are you going to hit us with that response but not talk about it more
@@melmao6531 put existing waterproof and fire resistant layer outside and the aerogel on the inside. The suit might get damaged, but it could save lives
@@michaellutz1539 that's what I was thinkin'. But hey,I ain't a scientist.
@@imsocoolyoudontevenk dude, just stfu
@@imsocoolyoudontevenk Not cool, dude, not cool.
Just to realize, this man has felt a sensation most of us haven't and/or will never experience
A dry suit is not that unobtainable
@@Filip_Phreriks but he feels no weight or tightness of a dry suit
@@Rhinoceros14 true
Well beside yo dad I've felt a sensation That most people wont experience aswell😎
@@hyphon1377 funny? As hell. Necessary? No
would it be possible to use aerogel instead of precious metals in catalytic converters due to their highly absorbent capabilities or does it only work with liquid?
Can you skinnydip or just swim in lava without being damaged as aerogel can be an excellent insulator and hydrophobic (Im assuming lava behaves like water but is just extremely hot)
Has anyone thought how he’s gonna wash all that aerogel off his body now
He wont
With wate- oh
If not water then fire
@@kimbaldun *INTELLIGENCE:100*
a surfactant maybe? I was thinking there would be something (maybe organic) that would dissolve / help peel it off but you probably wouldn't want any organic solvent on your skin
scrubbing could be effective too
I'm surprised he didn;t cover this in the vid
My dad always says "you can go swimming but don't get wet" as a joke, but now I actually can.
Who s laughing now
Their mom
The future is now old man
Don't forget about dry tech clothing. Those repel water too
technically you are never wet because its never totally on you the water
I remember watching the full video in my science class
“Am I gonna get hurt by this?”
“Not permanently!”
Understandable, have a great day
Understandable, have a nice day!
Only comment once a week if you dont yo mama gay
@@maven9323 i have bad news for you then
Dont like it need to be 666 forever or your dad gay
"so im not gonna be hurt?"
"not permanently"
lol
i was dying 😂
kenjiwawa Lets hope this crime im about to commit isnt permanent either.....
not permanently just let the cancer kick in a few years...watched this after i watched dark waters facepalm*
@@dahairstylist Some say he is still dying to this day
“This is an outward expression of what he’s feeling on the inside. People asked why I didn’t laugh… because I was scared” sounding like the intro to kendrick next album 😂
we sometimes forget to appreciate the fact that our skin is waterproof naturally
Things I learned in school:
Things I learned in quarantine: how to waterproof yourself with aerogel
namnamjams That is so true.
KUNGJOO HAVE NO JAMS POOPOO
@@Jaredvictorcutie123 ok then... XD
I think at this point the internet has made the idea of having to wake up early, get ready and go to a physical building and having to listen to a lecture from a person obsolete when whatever you want or need to learn is just one click away. For example Science I have learned much more on youtube then I ever did in my classrooms
Armyyyyy😂😂😂