uetzel You're a fucking idiot, the white stuff Airloy IS NEWER! GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL!! OMG, people are so stupid. The Blue stuff is the PAST! It's BRITTLE, UNMACHINABLE, OMG I FUCKING HATE PEOPLE LIKE YOU. YOU'RE PROBABLY AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE TOO!
Airloys are aerogels. You're thinking of silica aerogels which have the blue look due to Rayleigh scattering. Airloy X56-MH is a strong aerogel that looks like classic blue aerogel if you want the best of both worlds.
Imagine dedicating years of your life to become an engineer and develop these products. Then some random dude comes along and disregards your hard work because it doesn't look as cool as an inferior product.
We have some aeroeggs which are aerogels made out of supercritically dried hard boiled eggs on BuyAerogel.com but they're not made in a food grade autoclave so technically not edible.
+Mofker GT Nerd-Powers go! Most acids just have a ton of H+ ions suspended in water. By definition your stomach has water in it. It's just saturated with Cl- and H+ anions and cations.
They are fairly benign to produce from my understanding. I believe the byproducts in making them are methanol, or other alcohols, depending on what kind of aerogel is being produced.
Yeah. I've been an Army medic, & an engineer working in the bio-medical industry for several decades, so I've dealt w/ X-ray devices many times & have worn similar eye-protection. There's also lead-infused glass for windows. Such devices are only used for attenuating low-level stray radiation. Even directed-beam X-ray emitters require very heavy aprons for ambient protection of embrionic/fetal children whose mothers are getting cranial/mandibular X-rays for diagnosis or treatment.
That's still extremely light for it's strength, i'd like to see some practical demonstrations though, just to see if it really is suited for prolonged stress
This is incredible. Speaking as a chemist I can’t wait to examine the molecular structure of this material! I’m assuming it’s patented so I should be able to find the info.
Post-process under a vacuum with heat, and either casein or polycarbonate!? Imagine if we used Peek + Carbon fiber continuous strand and graphene! Good stuff!!
Great question! One of the big reasons we make materials like Airloys is to help make the world a better place. We are working hard to make the manufacturing process for these materials efficient and low waste. Our revolutionary manufacturing process allows us to make aerogels at a fraction of the cost and with a fraction of the resources traditionally used. This technology also allows us to make Airloys in sizes not limited by a supercritical dryer. An Airloy material is sustainably disposable depending on application and composition. Some Airloy materials are meant to last a long time because they are used as things like aviation wall panels, while other Airloy materials can biodegrade readily because they are designed to do that. Many of the applications for Airloys are in transportation to help reduce weight and therefore fuel and as a result help make other things more sustainable as a result.
An experiment you can easily do at home to help understand traction, which is just static friction: Clear & thoroughly clean the surface of a smooth table. Place 2 identical sheets of paper on the table a few inches apart, and place a very light book on one sheet, & place a heavy book on the other sheet. [Use books with fabric covers that do not easily slip on the paper sheets.] Now tip the table until both weighted papers start to slide. Notice that both slide at nearly the same angle!
Traction varies with vehicle weight on the drive wheels, and acceleration varies inversely with vehicle weight; so vehicle weight does not affect the limit of practical traction for acceleration or hill-climbing if weight is the only variable considered in comparison between otherwise identical vehicles, pavement & tires. As speed increases, nonlinear aerodynamics will change tractive downforce, hardly a considered variable at low speeds. As an ME, I can explain, but not in
Methanol is used to make it, and is later removed, so it's not so much a byproduct as it is a catalyst. Your understanding was nearly correct, though, aside from the methanol and some other catalysts to construction, there's really no byproducts. Chemicals go in, aeorgel comes out.
did you watch the video? Mostly for insulation. You can blow torch your hand with a thin piece of aerogel on it, and you will not be harmed. Aerogel has almost no practical applications because of it's fragility besides very specific technical things, like catching comet dust in space without sacrificing weight.
I would like to see a demonstration of a torch test. also could you explain the difference in how it is manufactured. What is added to make it stronger? Warning, sounds too good to be true. However my curiosity is peaked to do some research of my own. Thanks
I like the logical strength test he uses. Just because you can carefully place a brick on something does not necessarily strong. Bone might be "stronger" than concrete, but I doubt anyone would fearlessly hit their shins with a concrete pylon.
nice but how about practical properties, like glue, it can be glued with conventional chemicals (polyster resin, epoxy, cianocrilate)?, how much heat can support without melting or blowing? reacts with matterials like the rubber used for o-rings?
I'm curious as to how long "a long time" is, are these applicable for usage as a building material? Utilizing these in the form of injection moldable shelters could allow for the mass production of small scale personal shelters for environmental emergencies like floods, hurricanes and earthquakes. Since this material is so lightweight once expanded into its gel form, emergency workers could easily transport the necessary base materials to produce such shelters on site. The main issues here would be the extended permeability to water and the ability to process the material into the intended final state for use as a shelter on site.. Do these materials break down rapidly? Would the marerial last through a week or two of mild weather patterns or be falling apart in minutes after a drizzle? Also, would the material's final manufacturing steps require some sort of facility or large, difficult to transport equipment?
Making something fly with aerogel is pretty easy but it has issues. First off the cost is a factor. Beyond that however as shown in this video aerogel is very brittle and therefore you must also include that as a factor.
I imagine it's a proprietary secret but I'll ask anyway: What is it that makes the two so different? Is it a mixture of different chemicals as opposed to just silicone dioxide or are there entirely different materials used?
+Lazy Orc Just so your aware, while that is a good idea, every "scale" type of armor has failed trials.Why? Because a vest has to protect you when you are prone or the angle of impact is nearly parallel to the body. That's why the dragons are extinct, we figured out how to get under their skin.
super old vid but I wonder if there is a composition that doesn't deform as much, but rather returns to its shape after impact. Specifically to be used as a recoil buffer in a firearm.
could you make car parts out of it like with carbon? or would the everyday outside nature destroy it if its like parking outside everyday and its raining or cold/hot weather
MrNerdcode This material is too light to withstand harsh weather conditions. The lack of density in the material will make it erode quicker because it's made of so much air.
MrNerdcode If you mean the inner structure of the car would be made from it and the exterior would be rubber, then it's plausible I suppose. Only concern is safety in traffic. If you bump into something with that car you'll be lucky to survive.
Why do i feel like maybe this airloys are just like a light but strong foam? That seems to be how its behaving... Its pretty light sure, but it didnt look nearly as thick as the aerogel, and already was 11% heavier even at showing... It seems like its super small, but those last %'s are the critical ones in determining if its actually can be considered lighter than air in its respects.
Extremely strong aerogels are actually now commercially available - airloys are actually a special class of strong aerogels. Because silica aerogel is so ubiquitous, it's hard to remember that aerogels come in many formulations.
Why does it matter anyway? The Airloy survived the poke and several hits with a hammer, as you saw, and was only slightly deformed. If he would of done that to the aerogel, there would of been pieces of it going flying all across the room...
Are you stupid? It's a thermal insulator, what makes you think it's going to be used for car seats and bumpers? I don't know if you're aware of this, but humans like to create enclosed spaces (inside) which differ in temperature from the spaces around them (outside).
***** No, tuvoca is not stupid. There are many possible applications of aerogel to cars because of its mechanical properties. It is the correct approach to any engineering problem to start with a question no matter how unlikely the outcomes are. At the moment aerogel may be a sub-par material for bumpers, but decades ago who would have thought using the tip of your pencils to make graphene semi conductors? A few years later aerogel may be completely transformed. The bottom line is, you don't criticize one's approach to an engineering problem with "Are you stupid?", because that is the most scientifically incorrect opinion you can have. Instead, you should be responding with how might there be ways this is possible.
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It fades because they can produce them at different density - the higher the density, the harder but also the more conductive it will be. It would indeed be curious to have them publish the thermal conductivity they get at the same comparison density.
The thermal conductivity of the material in this video is about 26 mW/m-K, compared to 15-20 mW/m-K for a standard silica aerogel. Other Airloys like Airloy X114-M and Airloy X116-L are better insulators with thermal conductivities as low as 20 mW/m-K.
how big is the piece of Airloy that you can buy for $90? Is it the same size as the Aerogel that's the size of a playing card, that they show with a hersheys kiss with the blow torch under it? The Aerogel Silica is like $200, for the size of a playing card. But is the Aerogel Airloy as good as an insulator?
Stronger, yes. But it hinders the most important property for which aerogel is used for- insulating. 4% of air by mass takes a significant toll on aerogels insulating capabilities. I'd like to see a thermodynamic comparison to truly acknowledge that this isn't the "perfect" aerogel. All materials are a give-and-take.
This is a good point that is too often forgotten. Producing a material that has better mechanical properties and worse thermo-insulative properties doesn't necessarily mean that the "perfect" aerogel has been created. These discoveries are valuable because they create more of a spectrum of different properties to choose from, but in general the application scope of this X100 stuff will be limited as with every material. That being said, I suppose there is probably a larger market for light, tough thermal insulators, even if they aren't quite as good at insulating as the original super-brittle silica aerogel.
Amani77 No, they don't. They make a comparison of materials on an extremely large scale in an attempt to hide how big of a difference it actually makes from silicon aerogel. On top of that, they made it's thermal conductivity in brackets- what does that actually mean? By talking about the "comparisons" for 10 seconds, it's clear that their insulation capabilities aren't something to brag about. Like Taylor Petersen stated, this is still a good material, but it's misleading.
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I'm no material sciences expert, but I'm pretty sure auto glass is a different type of glass (Safety glass has stuff added to it/made different so it doesn't break the same way as normal house window plate glass) than the the super pure glass used for scientific purposes. Again I might be completely wrong, but I think that might be the reason why... But when you think about, compare the heat you feel from your window versus that from your chome seatbelt buckle lol.
i want the white one to look like the blue stuff, because that blue stuff looks like future
This comment makes the most sense. Let them al chatter on about insulation, I want the blue stuff too!
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+uetzel Looks over functionality. Yea right, I never understand the mindset of people like you.
+Wasted Dreams Neither jokes.
uetzel You're a fucking idiot, the white stuff Airloy IS NEWER! GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL!! OMG, people are so stupid. The Blue stuff is the PAST! It's BRITTLE, UNMACHINABLE, OMG I FUCKING HATE PEOPLE LIKE YOU. YOU'RE PROBABLY AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE TOO!
96% air. pff. Lays chips are 99% air
William Vinluan Funny guy
+MobbSparta Aye, but they don't hold very well to water either.
+MobbSparta Nice profile pic...
Same to you...
MobbSparta Thanks
But aerogel looks cooler
true i love the transparent blue
both are aerogel dumbass
bluer
Airloys are aerogels. You're thinking of silica aerogels which have the blue look due to Rayleigh scattering. Airloy X56-MH is a strong aerogel that looks like classic blue aerogel if you want the best of both worlds.
Imagine dedicating years of your life to become an engineer and develop these products. Then some random dude comes along and disregards your hard work because it doesn't look as cool as an inferior product.
All this technology and you are filming with a mobilephone xD
consumer availability is the future.
Mobile phones are at the pinnacle of technology...
It was a Flip video cam actually. Fun early days of Airloys when we didn't have good cameras yet.
Everyone has to start somewhere. Even an ingenious inventor such as this! I wasn’t aware you filmed for Universal Pictures.
something is sneaky about "aerogel" for sure.
Friggin brilliant! This will revolutionize all kinds of fields, from construction to automotive and way beyond!
Truly amazing stuff. Especially amazing how you can put stuff that is lighter than air (96% the density of air) on the table without it floating up!
Hello, Are you planning to make these edible?
MrMrMaran im glad to see im not the only one wanting to put this in my mouth
+MrMrMaran Dafuq is wrong with your brain. Oh wait, you don't have brain. Ok I understand you. =)
Teoh Tong Wei he has a brain since he was able to type this. you, however, are rude and of no good manners
We have some aeroeggs which are aerogels made out of supercritically dried hard boiled eggs on BuyAerogel.com but they're not made in a food grade autoclave so technically not edible.
aerogeltech That has never stopped me in the past and I won't let it stop me in the future
This stuff would be great for RC aircraft.
i want to eat the aeorogel
So true tthe yummy crunch
+Zade YO Stomach doesn't have any water. Only acid.
it has some water u just drank
+Mofker GT Nerd-Powers go! Most acids just have a ton of H+ ions suspended in water. By definition your stomach has water in it. It's just saturated with Cl- and H+ anions and cations.
sounds like a engeniered reduce-fastfat XD
but will it blend?
It always blends.
Let's find out in this video
Wow, he can even bang it on the table!
i don't think you get it, please leave now... thanks
lol, theo, you have no sense of humor :)
Alienfish20 My mom is dead.
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Revolutionary. Simply revolutionary. If ever I start earning money, I might invest in Airloy™-based projects.
They are fairly benign to produce from my understanding. I believe the byproducts in making them are methanol, or other alcohols, depending on what kind of aerogel is being produced.
Yeah. I've been an Army medic, & an engineer working in the bio-medical industry for several decades, so I've dealt w/ X-ray devices many times & have worn similar eye-protection. There's also lead-infused glass for windows. Such devices are only used for attenuating low-level stray radiation. Even directed-beam X-ray emitters require very heavy aprons for ambient protection of embrionic/fetal children whose mothers are getting cranial/mandibular X-rays for diagnosis or treatment.
Great stuff, I can't wait until this can be efficiently mass produced for industries.
That happened in 2018.
I had no idea it existed. Truly amazing. Hats off to you.
That would be absolutely awesome. I'm wondering how such a vehicle would hope to get any traction at lower speeds though.
Would make an excellent support structure for carbon fibre if it can withstand the autoclave process required to cure the composite...
I love that you do the cons I haven’t seen anyone do these much respect🙏🏻
That's still extremely light for it's strength, i'd like to see some practical demonstrations though, just to see if it really is suited for prolonged stress
This is incredible. Speaking as a chemist I can’t wait to examine the molecular structure of this material! I’m assuming it’s patented so I should be able to find the info.
Post-process under a vacuum with heat, and either casein or polycarbonate!? Imagine if we used Peek + Carbon fiber continuous strand and graphene! Good stuff!!
How much waste is created in the manufacturing and lifecycle of the product and is it sustainably disposable?
Great question! One of the big reasons we make materials like Airloys is to help make the world a better place. We are working hard to make the manufacturing process for these materials efficient and low waste. Our revolutionary manufacturing process allows us to make aerogels at a fraction of the cost and with a fraction of the resources traditionally used. This technology also allows us to make Airloys in sizes not limited by a supercritical dryer. An Airloy material is sustainably disposable depending on application and composition. Some Airloy materials are meant to last a long time because they are used as things like aviation wall panels, while other Airloy materials can biodegrade readily because they are designed to do that. Many of the applications for Airloys are in transportation to help reduce weight and therefore fuel and as a result help make other things more sustainable as a result.
An experiment you can easily do at home to help understand traction, which is just static friction: Clear & thoroughly clean the surface of a smooth table. Place 2 identical sheets of paper on the table a few inches apart, and place a very light book on one sheet, & place a heavy book on the other sheet. [Use books with fabric covers that do not easily slip on the paper sheets.] Now tip the table until both weighted papers start to slide. Notice that both slide at nearly the same angle!
This is as big as the invention of carbon fiber. Speechless.
this thing is useless...
tryteka Well if you thing this material is useless, then your children will have a hard time.
Kiohmo we live without this thing for a long time and live happy...
Kiohmo I think you don't understand
tryteka Enlighten me then.
Traction varies with vehicle weight on the drive wheels, and acceleration varies inversely with vehicle weight; so vehicle weight does not affect the limit of practical traction for acceleration or hill-climbing if weight is the only variable considered in comparison between otherwise identical vehicles, pavement & tires. As speed increases, nonlinear aerodynamics will change tractive downforce, hardly a considered variable at low speeds. As an ME, I can explain, but not in
on the chart at the end styrofoam is almost as good as airloys. Whats the advantage from now on ?
Air density is about 1.2 mg/cm^3, not 1.2 g/cm^3. So aerogel density of 0.1 g/cm^3 = 100 mg/cm^3 at 0:43 makes about 100 times air density, not 96%.
This is brilliant. How much does it cost to produce?
would be really good for coolers, water heaters and even houses
Methanol is used to make it, and is later removed, so it's not so much a byproduct as it is a catalyst. Your understanding was nearly correct, though, aside from the methanol and some other catalysts to construction, there's really no byproducts. Chemicals go in, aeorgel comes out.
Eva foam is 0.04 g/CC and it's incredibly strong (used to make shoes)
did you watch the video? Mostly for insulation. You can blow torch your hand with a thin piece of aerogel on it, and you will not be harmed. Aerogel has almost no practical applications because of it's fragility besides very specific technical things, like catching comet dust in space without sacrificing weight.
I would like to see a demonstration of a torch test. also could you explain the difference in how it is manufactured. What is added to make it stronger? Warning, sounds too good to be true. However my curiosity is peaked to do some research of my own. Thanks
I like the logical strength test he uses. Just because you can carefully place a brick on something does not necessarily strong. Bone might be "stronger" than concrete, but I doubt anyone would fearlessly hit their shins with a concrete pylon.
Graph at 3:08 doesn't actually give any information what is the actual w/mk of the airloy?
Please test the shock absorption capabilities of this for use in light weight bulletproof armor.
I see that your sample of Airloy was concave to get the same wight bot that's fine, i get the point.
Is it nontoxic and environmentally safe?
...its air
***** You try hitting air with a hammer? Results are not congruent.
BURN!!!
The Cartographer It is solid air/smoke
Ever hear of crystalline silica exposure?
nice but how about practical properties, like glue, it can be glued with conventional chemicals (polyster resin, epoxy, cianocrilate)?, how much heat can support without melting or blowing? reacts with matterials like the rubber used for o-rings?
I'm curious as to how long "a long time" is, are these applicable for usage as a building material? Utilizing these in the form of injection moldable shelters could allow for the mass production of small scale personal shelters for environmental emergencies like floods, hurricanes and earthquakes. Since this material is so lightweight once expanded into its gel form, emergency workers could easily transport the necessary base materials to produce such shelters on site.
The main issues here would be the extended permeability to water and the ability to process the material into the intended final state for use as a shelter on site.. Do these materials break down rapidly? Would the marerial last through a week or two of mild weather patterns or be falling apart in minutes after a drizzle? Also, would the material's final manufacturing steps require some sort of facility or large, difficult to transport equipment?
That hammer lying on the table is so dramatic. Pure Chekhov's gun.
This actually seems really cool, but why didn't you show a demonstration of airloys withstanding heat?
i want the look of the blue aerogel with properties of the white one.
Making something fly with aerogel is pretty easy but it has issues. First off the cost is a factor. Beyond that however as shown in this video aerogel is very brittle and therefore you must also include that as a factor.
1:33 "I can bang it on the table, and I can bang it with my fist"
Apply never wet on it as well and you get a total water proof light and strong isolating material. =)
I imagine it's a proprietary secret but I'll ask anyway: What is it that makes the two so different? Is it a mixture of different chemicals as opposed to just silicone dioxide or are there entirely different materials used?
Aerogel can be manufactured to be Hydrophobic
Yea or even just coat it with hydrophobic laquer or whatever
just had to check it wasn't posted April 1st... 6 year old video... but where is this product and technology being used so far?
Could that possibly be used to create a vacuum airship? Is it rigid enough not to implode on itself?
How does this Airloy stand against friction?
Do we possibly have a way to make Rotary engines super reliable over high rpm?
This graph is a bit hard to read and includes a gradient and a bracket on the thermal conductivity graph, could you add in some actual numbers?
Are translucent airloys available?
Wow! This would make a good protection case for a smartphone!
How heat resistant is this Airloy material? Can it withstand torch temperatures?
I'd like to know the difference between Aerogel and Airloy in the structure of them?
Is it possible to make a bulletproof vest out of it?
+max14719 interesting, good question.
+max14719 it was deformed by a hammer blow. What do you think a bullet will do?
A hammer wont punch through a thick steel plate - bullet does.
Mauro Tamm if it has the same size as a normal bullet vest, I think it is possible in my opinion.
+max14719 nasa plans to use it to catch space particles that travel at higher speeds than bullets so its possible
+Lazy Orc Just so your aware, while that is a good idea, every "scale" type of armor has failed trials.Why? Because a vest has to protect you when you are prone or the angle of impact is nearly parallel to the body. That's why the dragons are extinct, we figured out how to get under their skin.
I like how he puts the hammer down, then decides to go back and give it another good whack before putting it down again.
I'm so freakin hungry, my stomach growled looking at the Airloy lol
I have no idea what I would do with this and I want it.
OMG Imagine a toy airplane made out of airloy. lol
are you sure that's not Styrofoam?
Lmfao
Is it only me who saw this profile picture so many times 🤔
@@ifahuwu8065 yeah right? Super annoying
I wonder if you could make running shoes with this stuff
super old vid but I wonder if there is a composition that doesn't deform as much, but rather returns to its shape after impact.
Specifically to be used as a recoil buffer in a firearm.
So can we replace our 25 mm foam insulation in refrigerators with this now?
Can I use this product as an vibration isolator for audio equipment?
could you make car parts out of it like with carbon? or would the everyday outside nature destroy it if its like parking outside everyday and its raining or cold/hot weather
MrNerdcode This material is too light to withstand harsh weather conditions. The lack of density in the material will make it erode quicker because it's made of so much air.
Trypticon
wat is you put some kind of rubber or somthing that keeps it covered?
MrNerdcode If you mean the inner structure of the car would be made from it and the exterior would be rubber, then it's plausible I suppose. Only concern is safety in traffic. If you bump into something with that car you'll be lucky to survive.
So why is this not already used?
Can you make a cylinder and make a vacuum inside?
Why do i feel like maybe this airloys are just like a light but strong foam? That seems to be how its behaving...
Its pretty light sure, but it didnt look nearly as thick as the aerogel, and already was 11% heavier even at showing... It seems like its super small, but those last %'s are the critical ones in determining if its actually can be considered lighter than air in its respects.
would it be possible to coat this around engine headers
Extremely strong aerogels are actually now commercially available - airloys are actually a special class of strong aerogels. Because silica aerogel is so ubiquitous, it's hard to remember that aerogels come in many formulations.
Have you patented the process?
No he weighed it in grams-force. Massing it would require some sort of counterbalance, this just relied on gravitational force.
can we use aerogel as a substitute to metal and metal sheet to our cars?
Why does it matter anyway?
The Airloy survived the poke and several hits with a hammer, as you saw, and was only slightly deformed. If he would of done that to the aerogel, there would of been pieces of it going flying all across the room...
I see great things in the future of automobiles
I need some of that for my fiberglass speedboat.
i don't think ive seen any more on airloy even though this video is 8 years old. why do people only talk about silica aerogel?
Make high end bumpers and car seats?
Are you stupid?
It's a thermal insulator, what makes you think it's going to be used for car seats and bumpers?
I don't know if you're aware of this, but humans like to create enclosed spaces (inside) which differ in temperature from the spaces around them (outside).
***** No, tuvoca is not stupid. There are many possible applications of aerogel to cars because of its mechanical properties. It is the correct approach to any engineering problem to start with a question no matter how unlikely the outcomes are. At the moment aerogel may be a sub-par material for bumpers, but decades ago who would have thought using the tip of your pencils to make graphene semi conductors? A few years later aerogel may be completely transformed. The bottom line is, you don't criticize one's approach to an engineering problem with "Are you stupid?", because that is the most scientifically incorrect opinion you can have. Instead, you should be responding with how might there be ways this is possible.
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Once upon a time, long long ago...
JJ Thomson: "Bro! We can divide this atom to smaller stuff!"
ChasingTruth TakingFlak: "Are you stupid?"
What kind of thermal conductivity do you actually get? On the graph it kind of fades so..... Looks like its about double the Aerogel
It fades because they can produce them at different density - the higher the density, the harder but also the more conductive it will be. It would indeed be curious to have them publish the thermal conductivity they get at the same comparison density.
The thermal conductivity of the material in this video is about 26 mW/m-K, compared to 15-20 mW/m-K for a standard silica aerogel. Other Airloys like Airloy X114-M and Airloy X116-L are better insulators with thermal conductivities as low as 20 mW/m-K.
Does it still have the same insulating properties as Silica based Aero- Gels?
how big is the piece of Airloy that you can buy for $90? Is it the same size as the Aerogel that's the size of a playing card, that they show with a hersheys kiss with the blow torch under it? The Aerogel Silica is like $200, for the size of a playing card. But is the Aerogel Airloy as good as an insulator?
Stronger, yes. But it hinders the most important property for which aerogel is used for- insulating.
4% of air by mass takes a significant toll on aerogels insulating capabilities. I'd like to see a thermodynamic comparison to truly acknowledge that this isn't the "perfect" aerogel. All materials are a give-and-take.
This is a good point that is too often forgotten. Producing a material that has better mechanical properties and worse thermo-insulative properties doesn't necessarily mean that the "perfect" aerogel has been created. These discoveries are valuable because they create more of a spectrum of different properties to choose from, but in general the application scope of this X100 stuff will be limited as with every material. That being said, I suppose there is probably a larger market for light, tough thermal insulators, even if they aren't quite as good at insulating as the original super-brittle silica aerogel.
Did you not watch the video? They cover this at 3:00.
Amani77
No, they don't. They make a comparison of materials on an extremely large scale in an attempt to hide how big of a difference it actually makes from silicon aerogel. On top of that, they made it's thermal conductivity in brackets- what does that actually mean?
By talking about the "comparisons" for 10 seconds, it's clear that their insulation capabilities aren't something to brag about.
Like Taylor Petersen stated, this is still a good material, but it's misleading.
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i think this could be used in things like helments
A change in engineering that suits our century. Though we haven't done much with it yet.
You need to do something with this material and you need to do it quick. You need to make an air guitar.
maybe this is stupid question, can airloys be made with strong and sturdy property like steel without increasing weight?
But no blow torch test. Why?
Can airloys be melted down like a metal?
so say i was gonna take this Airloy stuff to school... do you think it would survive a day?
Can they be made isotropic with light transmission > 50%/inch in one dimension?
This shit keeps me up at night and you don't have a cameraman.
from where i can get this material and what will be the cost of it?
Glass is a super inculcater ? But in a car you can easily and clearly feel the outside temp when you touch the window
I'm no material sciences expert, but I'm pretty sure auto glass is a different type of glass (Safety glass has stuff added to it/made different so it doesn't break the same way as normal house window plate glass) than the the super pure glass used for scientific purposes. Again I might be completely wrong, but I think that might be the reason why... But when you think about, compare the heat you feel from your window versus that from your chome seatbelt buckle lol.
Feralcus
Yeah especially here in the middle-east, in summer the seatbelt buckle is stupidly hot lol
Can you fill airloys with hydrogen or helium to further reduce the weight?
but will it blend? that is the question...
They should make phones with this stuff. Light. Waterproof. Strong.
Seems to have the same properties of HDPE, yet far less dense.