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Aerogel

An ultralight substance composed of silica, aluminium oxide, chromium oxide, zirconia, carbon and other substances, which is transparent, has significant insulating and sound-attenuating properties, and may have currency as a replacement for ozone layer-depleting CFCs.
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The researchers landed on silica aerogel, one of the most insulating materials ever created.
The silica aerogel provides a solid state greenhouse gas effect just like the carbon dioxide ice.
For their research, the team worked with two groups of rats, with the first group receiving the aerogel implants and the second group receiving none.
Though Aerogel Technologies is working with Ford to test lightweight Airloy engine covers with superior sound- and heat-absorption properties, it's the company's work with Airbus that shows the promise of aerogels in interior applications.
Therefore, differently from the traditional processes discussed in the Introduction, this peculiarity of the process allowed to obtain a totally dried aerogel maintaining the native morphology of the corresponding hydrogel.
The graphene/ aerogel composite used to create the GC Shield
The material, known as an aerogel, is the most porous material known to man and ultralight, with a piece the size of a family car weighing less than a kilogram.
In previous studies, it was stated that aerogel particles are stable during the hydration of cementitious materials and aerogel particles are not degraded by the process of hydration.
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