AEROGEL, NIF FEATURED ON KQED'S 'QUEST'
April 11, 2008
April 11, 2008
LIVERMORE, Calif., April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following newsletter:
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.
LLNL scientist Alex Gash demonstrates some remarkable properties of this unique substance on "Quest," KQED-TV's locally . . .
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.
LLNL scientist Alex Gash demonstrates some remarkable properties of this unique substance on "Quest," KQED-TV's locally . . .