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JPL Technology Feature - Spotlight: Ideas that Gel
by Darwin at 5:33 pm EST, Nov 20, 2002

Aerogel is a silicon-based solid with a porous, sponge-like structure in which 99.8 percent of the volume is empty space. By comparison, aerogel is 1,000 times less dense than glass, another silicon-based solid. Discovered in the 1930s by a Stanford University researcher, aerogel is the world's lightest solid.


 
 
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