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    Aerogel is a highly porous solid material made from gel in which the liquid component of the gel has been replaced with a gas. It is composed of over 99% air by volume, yet it is solid. Aerogel is an amazing insulator that is 40 times better than fiberglass and is also very strong for its weight. It is light blue in color due to the way it scatters light through its tiny pores that are only 10 nm wide. NASA uses aerogel for its lightness and insulating properties, such as on the Stardust probe which captured comet particles in aerogel that can now be viewed by the public online.

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    Aerogel is a highly porous solid material made from gel in which the liquid component of the gel has been replaced with a gas. It is composed of over 99% air by volume, yet it is solid. Aerogel is an amazing insulator that is 40 times better than fiberglass and is also very strong for its weight. It is light blue in color due to the way it scatters light through its tiny pores that are only 10 nm wide. NASA uses aerogel for its lightness and insulating properties, such as on the Stardust probe which captured comet particles in aerogel that can now be viewed by the public online.

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    Aerogel is a highly porous solid material made from gel in which the liquid component of the gel has been replaced with a gas. It is composed of over 99% air by volume, yet it is solid. Aerogel is an amazing insulator that is 40 times better than fiberglass and is also very strong for its weight. It is light blue in color due to the way it scatters light through its tiny pores that are only 10 nm wide. NASA uses aerogel for its lightness and insulating properties, such as on the Stardust probe which captured comet particles in aerogel that can now be viewed by the public online.

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    ALL ABOUT AEROGEL

    Aerogel is nanotechnology
    A nanometer is

    1 billionth of a meter.
    A hair is 80,000

    nm wide.
    Aerogel is a glass

    foam with bubbles 10 nm wide.


    Scanning electron microscope picture of aerogel
    (Photo: Mohan Edirisinghe, University College, London and Paolo Colombo. Used by permission)

    Why is aerogel blue?


    The sky, glaciers and

    aerogel all have tiny particles or bubbles that scatter light.


    Blue scatters the most,

    so they all look blue.

    What is aerogel good for?


    Tiny bubbles make

    amazing insulators
    40 times better

    than fiberglass

    NASA photo

    Aerogel insulates
    Aerogel panels in

    OMSIs roof!
    Keeps building warm
    Lets light through

    Aerogel is strong
    Aerogel is super

    strong for its weight.


    A 2.5 kg brick

    supported on top of a piece of aerogel weighing only 2 grams over 1000 times lighter!
    NASA photo

    Strength under pressure


    Mix alcohol and silicon

    together
    Under high pressure

    and temperature, replace liquid with gas

    (CC) Stian Martinsen via Flickr

    Aerogel is light
    NASA uses aerogel

    because its really lightweight.

    Cheaper to fly

    into space
    Used on the
    NASA photo

    Stardust probe

    Catching comets
    Tiny particles of

    space dust get stuck in aerogel.

    Stardust @ home
    You can look at

    particles yourself!

    http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ss_tutorial.php?schedule_number=10

    http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/

    This project was supported by the

    National Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI-0532536. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.

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