I Waterproofed Myself With Aerogel!
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Published 2019-06-21
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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 This makes silica aerogel incredibly light (it was once the lightest solid but has now been superseded by graphene aerogel), transparent and adsorbent.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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Filmed by Paul Gramaglia
Thumbnail by Ignat Berbeci
Animations by Catherine Chooljian
Music from epidemicsound.com/ “Tonic Zone” “Betelgeuse” “Insidious Mice” “Seaweed” “It’s not that serious” “Platin00m - Sum It”
This is an educational, scientific video.
All Comments (21)
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I'm here for the laminar flow dawg.
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"You're confident I'm not going to get hurt?" "Not permanently." 10/10 reassuring speech
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The future’s kids: “I can’t go swimming today, I forgot my aerogel at home”
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Aerogel has got to be the most interesting thing I've ever seen. It's absolutely mind blowing
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How difficult is it to wash off? Also, is it damaging to the lungs if the dust is breathed in?
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Moms in 2050 : “okay kids it’s raining don’t forget to spray your aerogel on”
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Aerogel: I’m 99% air Lays: Are you challenging me?
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Finally an amazing YouTube channel which makes us more knowledgeable! Thanks guys, keep us the good work
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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
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Airogel: I’m 99% air Chip bags: pathetic
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Me: *Thinking that aerogel is really soft and squishy* Aerogel: *Makes a metallic sound* Me: oh
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Great job! Thank you soooo much!!! This is amazing!! Thank you again!
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This is the coolest thing I’ve seen in a while!
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"You're confident that I'm not going to damaged?" "Not permanently"
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*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?
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This video makes me realize how amazing science is. The things these scientists are able to figure out is just astonishing.
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God bless you sir. 💕 Thanks for everything. 👍
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Aerogel: is 99.99% air My bag of Doritos: Pathetic
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Aerogel floats on water Step 1: wait for it to rain Step 2: cover yourself in aerogel Step 3: fly
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Congratulations on 15M subs!
