World's Lightest Solid!
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Published 2019-05-31
At one point Dr. Steven Jones literally held the Guinness World Record for making the lightest aerogel and therefore lightest solid. If you're interested in learning more about aerogels, let me know in the comments as there is a potential trilogy in the works...
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/
Special thanks to Patreon supporters:
Donal Botkin, Michael Krugman, Ron Neal, Stan Presolski, Terrance Shepherd, Penward Rhyme and everyone who provided feedback on an early draft of this video.
Filming by Raquel Nuno
Animations by Maria Raykova
Drawings by Mariel Solsberg
Music From epidemicsound.com/ "Seaweed" "Swagger Stagger"
All Comments (21)
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10:40 I totally did not expect THAT sound.
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Aerogel: iam 99.8% air but why do i hear boss music playing Lays: are you challenging me?
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It's great to know about aerogels that have really great and interesting properties. Watching the video about the various uses and roles of the aerogel, I found it very attractive. I'm also looking forward to watching the aerogel develop further. Not only do we hope for more innovation and development in the future, but we also look forward to seeing aerogels being used in new areas.
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As a thermal engineer, I appreciate this great scientific innovation. Looking forward to sharing this great video with my thermal group at Villanova University, USA!
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Air: Who are you? Aerogel: I’m you but stronger.
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So you are basically holding a piece of the sky
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I remember reading about this in USA Today about 30 years ago. They had a picture of an Aerogel cube in a person's hand, and a candle flame in the background. They said that Aerogel worked so well, that if a room was fully insulated with the substance, the candle flame would be enough to heat the room. I thought that was so intriguing. And yet, I never really heard much about it again. I'm guessing it's both very expensive and very fragile to be practical in mass insulation production.
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Found this by accident & am so glad I did!! Fascinating!
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My boy figuring out the YouTube algorithm... you deserve it
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"99.8% Air" So the company producing this is associated with Lays, huh?
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Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!
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i'm crying this is so beautiful
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love how chocolate takes mad long to melt under a fire but melts in 5 seconds in my hand
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10:38 that second piece dropping, the sound blew my mind more than anything else
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The fact that they did this in 1931 is actually what blows my mind; it reframes what I think of scientific progress and capability back then
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This was so well explained! ✔️❤️
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Aerogel: 99.8% air Plankton: 1% evil, 99% hot gas
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“This object is 99.8% air” Lays: finally, a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary
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It's one of best video I have seen since last 21 years 🙂
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Clicked on this video by accident and now I love it and won’t stop watching it
