Mystifying Blue Smoke

Did you know about this amazing matierial!?

Aerogel
-It is a solid but it has the lowest density of any solid known to humans. It looks like smoke.

It is heat resistant

- It is not a good conductor of heat. You can put an object on it and then burn the aerogel and the object will not burn.

It is super strong

- Aerogel is very strong. It can hold up to 4000 times its own weight.

It can capture and stop objects that are moving very very fast.

-It can stop an object moving faster than a bullet.

-It is used by astronauts to collect information from space.


Would you like to play with Aerogel?