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空气凝胶(国外英文资料) Aerogel, aerogel, is called dry gel. When the gel off most of the solvent, the liquid content in the gel solid content less than, or in the space network structure of the gel filled with medium is gas, are solid appearance, this is the dry gel, also called aerogel. Such as gelatin, gum, silicone, hair, nail, etc. The aerogel also has the properties of the gel, which is the expansion, the thixotropic action and the plasma effect. Introduction to the Aerogel is a solid form, the least dense solid in the world. The common aerogel is silica gel, which was first developed by American scientist Kistler in 1931. There are many types of aerogel, including silicon, carbon, sulfur, metal oxide, metal and so on. Aerogel is a combinatorial word, where aero is an adjective, meaning that the gel is clearly a gel. Literally, you can fly a gel. Any material of gel as long as it can l after dried out internal solvent, and can maintain its shape remains unchanged, the basic product and high porosity, low density, are all can be called aerogel. Because the density is so low, the lightest silicon aerogel at the moment is only one milligram per cubic centimeter of aerogel Its slightly lower than air density, so its also called frozen smoke or blue smoke. Because the particles are very small (nanoscale), visible light is scattered as it passes through it (Rayleigh scattering), just as the sun passes through the air. As a result, it also looks as blue as the sky (if there are no other things in it), if it is a little reddish to the light. The sky is blue and the sun looks a little red. Because of the above 99.8% of the air in the aerogel, there is a very good insulating effect, an inch thick aerogel is about 20 to 30 blocks of normal glass insulation. Even if you put the aerogel between the rose and the flame, the rose will be intact. Aerogel has many USES in space exploration, peace space station in Russia and the United States Mars pathfinder detector are useful to the mat