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Scientists develop game-changing 'glass brick' that could revolutionize construction: 'The highest insulating performance'(www.thecooldown.com)

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Scientists develop game-changing ‘glass brick’ that could revolutionize construction: ‘The highest insulating performance’::The team of scientists developed an aerogel glass brick, which is a translucent and thermally insulating material.

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kaffiene@lemmy.world
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Aerogel isn’t made our of sand

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MechanicalJester@lemm.ee
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It’s made from sodium silicate… Which is made from sand.

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halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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Aerogel is also 99% air. So not much sand.

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Ctrl_Alt_Banana@lemmy.world
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Great, now we’re going to run out of air

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