World's Lightest Material Is a Metal 100 Times Lighter Than Styrofoam

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World's Lightest Material Is a Metal 100 Times Lighter Than Styrofoam

A demonstration of the ultra-light, low-density material described by Schaedler et al. recovering from compression, narrated by Brandon Bryn of the Science press package team. Read more at Chemistry World magazine:

A team of researchers from UC Irvine, HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology have developed the world's lightest material -- with a density of 0.9 mg/cc -- about one hundred times lighter than Styrofoam™.

New metal - which is 99.9 percent air - is so light that it can sit atop dandelion fluff without damaging it. (Credit: Dan Little, HRL Laboratories LLC)

[SeaninNH]

I thought it was areogel?

http://www.flixxy.com/aerogel-material.htm

Kinda tough to beat lighter than air.

[chukers]

both of those could be very useful! can't wait to see its real world uses!


Chukers