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It looks like frozen smoke. And it's the lightest solid material on the planet. Aerogel insulates space suits, makes tennis rackets stronger and could be used one day to clean up oil spills. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientist Alex Gash shows us some remarkable properties of this truly unique substance.

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Where can you buy ...
Where can you buy this stuff?!
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Hmmm...Is it ...
Hmmm...Is it possible make an aerogel "boat" that floats on a sodium hexafluride river?
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rofl lamo
rofl lamo
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;o Aerogel should ...
;o Aerogel should be used for firefighters. Wiki Aerogel and you'll find this awesome picture with a flame under a THIN THIN slice of Aerogel, and matches and oil on top of it.

:)
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This is some E.T. ...
This is some E.T. sh*t...
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thig that i dont ...
thig that i dont uderstad is that : its gel or like ice?
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nice
nice
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but ill break
but ill break
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It would be cool ...
It would be cool picking up Novelty aerogel frying pan... it wouldnt work!
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looks like a ...
looks like a friggin gel. But instead of dece
ntigrate, it shatters.. lolx
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lol does anyone ...
lol does anyone else want to take a bite out of this other than me?
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vavavivua, look at ...
vavavivua, look at this technology
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The idela material ...
The idela material for aircraft insolation from sound.
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Like you said the ...
Like you said the process is long and hard. And the properties of Aerogel are like none other known substance on Earth.
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how cool!
how cool!
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