Started by Matteo Rossi (@roman_road) ·
aerogel started as a bet about jelly
Kistler supposedly bet a colleague that he could replace the liquid in a jelly with gas without it shrinking. The result, around 1931, was aerogel.
6 sources · 31 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “who invented aerogel”
- Ended at
- “what does aerogel feel like”
The Trail
- “who invented aerogel” (google.com)
- Aerogel (en.wikipedia.org)
- Steven Kistler (en.wikipedia.org)
- Supercritical drying (en.wikipedia.org)
the trick: get the liquid out without it ever having a surface
- Stardust (spacecraft) (en.wikipedia.org)
caught comet dust in blocks of aerogel and brought it home
- “what does aerogel feel like” (reddit.com)
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