Silica aerogel is the most common type of aerogel and the most extensively studied and used. From Wordnik.com. [Solid Smoke] Reference
This opened an completely new area in aerogel research. From Wordnik.com. [A Real Spinoff that NASA Has Seemingly Forgotten About - NASA Watch] Reference
It's made of aerogel, which is the lightest substance that we know of. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2006] Reference
Oh-at the Museum in San Jose there was a pile of this stuff called aerogel-solid, yet almost entirely air. From Wordnik.com. [Microserfs]
The 'aerogel' is almost as light as air, as stretchy as rubber, and stiffer than steel by weight. From Wordnik.com. [Blah, Blah! Technology] Reference
The tangled nanotubes are constructed into a film that can be described as an aerogel, meaning it contains more air than anything else. From Wordnik.com. [New Scientist - Space] Reference
You can buy a sample of aerogel at United Nuclear. From Wordnik.com. [Solid Smoke] Reference
SIEBERG: Well, aerogel is a very unique substance. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 15, 2006] Reference
More aerogel technology Verdes-ecological activists. From Wordnik.com. [The Mocking Program]
Or other aerogel made booms to absorb the oil washing ashore?. From Wordnik.com. [Oil Spill Conspiracy Theories: Join the Live Chat] Reference
What's left is a glassy-looking sponge of silica -- an aerogel. From Wordnik.com. [The Science of Super Thin, Ultra Warm] Reference
She turned away, until all she could see was the aerogel support. From Wordnik.com. [Diuturnity's Dawn]
Inside: the aerogel tray with comet dust and interstellar particles. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: January 22, 2006 - January 28, 2006 Archives] Reference
Only a small fraction of a volume of aerogel is the material itself. From Wordnik.com. [Aerogel Insulation Advances] Reference
This aerogel had a density of 0.003 g/cm3, only three times that of air. From Wordnik.com. [A Real Spinoff that NASA Has Seemingly Forgotten About - NASA Watch] Reference
The astonishingly lightweight dome itself was made from an aerogel alloy. From Wordnik.com. [Drowning World]
It gathered this dust in this really interesting material called aerogel. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 15, 2006] Reference
She shoved the feather-light, nearly invisible aerogel container across the bar. From Wordnik.com. [Codgerspace]
ÂÂSilica aerogel as shown in the above photo is transparent with a blue color. From Wordnik.com. [Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » Aerogels] Reference
She sank back into the cushioning aerogel, wishing it was solid enough to smother her. From Wordnik.com. [Diuturnity's Dawn]
NASA is putting over a million pictures of the aerogel up for viewing on its Web site. From Wordnik.com. [Ira Flatow on Science: Stardust Needs Volunteers!] Reference
Fashioned of an aerogel composite, it looked as if its occupant was lying on an illusion. From Wordnik.com. [The Howling Stones]
Rice husks evidently have a high silica content, and silica is the main constituent of aerogel. From Wordnik.com. [Aerogel Insulation Advances] Reference
Since the aerogel cylinders weighed next to nothing, the im-plied threat only widened his smile. From Wordnik.com. [Codgerspace]
The aerogel textile tinkled musically as it transformated into pixie dust and drifted to the sand. From Wordnik.com. [The Mocking Program]
The resulting aerogel blanket was flexible rather than brittle, which solved the handling problem. From Wordnik.com. [The Science of Super Thin, Ultra Warm] Reference
For an aerogel product that is a NASA spinoff, see Spinoff 2008 (another poster has the link above). From Wordnik.com. [A Real Spinoff that NASA Has Seemingly Forgotten About - NASA Watch] Reference
Silica aerogel, prepared at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has flown on several Space Shuttle missions. From Wordnik.com. [A Real Spinoff that NASA Has Seemingly Forgotten About - NASA Watch] Reference
All around him the aerogel was breaking up as it lost the moisture necessary to support its internal structure. From Wordnik.com. [Mid Flinx]
On these flights very low density aerogel was used to collect and return samples of high-velocity cosmic dust. spacehog. From Wordnik.com. [A Real Spinoff that NASA Has Seemingly Forgotten About - NASA Watch] Reference
Some high energy particle physics experiments are using aerogel detectors, but all seem to show degradation in a few years. From Wordnik.com. [A Real Spinoff that NASA Has Seemingly Forgotten About - NASA Watch] Reference
Last solid memory involves an aerogel mug, a midget with a flamethrower and the realisation that I'd just lost my eyebrows. From Wordnik.com. [January 28th, 2005] Reference
If they could apply aerogel mats like that Tyvek stuff you see on new homes then I'd think you'd really see its insulting magic. From Wordnik.com. [A Real Spinoff that NASA Has Seemingly Forgotten About - NASA Watch] Reference
Once on the other side of the charged aerogel dome its pilot pivoted the craft to signify that they had made the transition safely. From Wordnik.com. [The False Mirror]
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