World's Lightest Solid!
Aerogels are the world's lightest (least dense) solids. They are also excellent thermal insulators and have been used in numerous Mars missions and the Stardust comet particle-return mission. The focus of this video is silica aerogels, though graphene aerogels are now technically the lightest.
At one point Dr. Steven Jones literally held the Guinness World Record for making the lightest aerogel and therefore lightest solid. If you're interested in learning more about aerogels, let me know in the comments as there is a potential trilogy in the works...
Huge thanks to Dr. Stephen Steiner and the crew at Aerogel Technologies. To find out more or buy your own aerogel sample, check out: www.aerogeltechnologies.com/
Thanks to Dr. Steven Jones and Dr. Mihail Petkov at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
And thanks to FLIR for loaning us the awesome high definition thermal camera. The footage is amazing! www.flir.com
Special thanks to Patreon supporters:
Donal Botkin, Michael Krugman, Ron Neal, Stan Presolski, Terrance Shepherd, Penward Rhyme and everyone who provided feedback on an early draft of this video.
Filming by Raquel Nuno
Animations by Maria Raykova
Drawings by Mariel Solsberg
Music From epidemicsound.com "Seaweed" "Swagger Stagger"
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John`s Rabid MuttΠριν 14 λεπτά
You can see the terror in Mrs Bunnys eyes. Watching MR Bunny being cooked over a bunsen burner. She knows what time it is
nicola mafessoniΠριν ώρα
sono il comento italiano che cercavi
Ochi FortuneΠριν 10 ώρες
Is it edible? I really wanna chew it!😁
Jibby AliΠριν 11 ώρες
So there's only one other person commenting about wanting to eat it?
M Hassan KhalidΠριν 12 ώρες
My hair is lighter than that
ARYAN SHENOYΠριν 14 ώρες
Fun fact Aerogel is not a conductor cuz it has air And air is a bad conductor
apoorv yash future iitianΠριν 15 ώρες
Everything was so good but why only the rabbit was victimised for the experiment.. Rip rabbit🥺
Anand thakurΠριν 17 ώρες
Chip bag: HAHAHAHAHA I HAVE SO LESS AIR ITS LIKE 70% AIR HAHAHAHAHA Aerogel: I HAVE MORE AIR Chip bag: NO WAY! HAHAHAHAHA Aerogel: shows this video Chip bag: immmmmma preeeeetend i diddddddddnt heaaaaaaaar thaaaaaaaaaaaat
Mimizah showΠριν 23 ώρες
Buraya nerden geldik ağa
Latchman MangraΠριν ημέρα
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fulesmackofuleΠριν ημέρα
Cost? How much would it be to use it as window for a house? Assuming you would have to put it in between glass layers to resist breaking and weather (rain)...
고도슴치Πριν ημέρα
Where can I BUY THIS Aerogel ????? I WANT IT
DoDo on Ryzen 3 1200Πριν ημέρα
you can make it by 2 rubies
amir moΠριν ημέρα
hey bro im from iran and i love you for upload video to persian ❤❤
Ashraf AlattarΠριν ημέρα
My Ph. D work thesis with this material and how can i. Control with pH for TEOS & TMOS WAS SO HARDBWITH WORK BUT really its awesome material
HEADCOREΠριν ημέρα
Hashish is lighter 🤣
C GΠριν 2 ημέρες
Quite a comment at 6:26. Might there be a natural affinity towards God when encountering 'awe'? After 40 years in Alaska I notice that moose do not experience 'awe'. Just people.
Anebee JohnΠριν 2 ημέρες
My think is more dense than this thing!!!
JWP 51O15Πριν 2 ημέρες
Fun fact: 10kg of the lightest material is the same weight as 10kg of bricks Convert to imperial if you can americans
Taylie WoodΠριν 2 ημέρες
why do i want to eat it
EZΠριν 2 ημέρες
Khác đ gì kính đâu. Mà nhẹ vl 😄
izuki motiΠριν 2 ημέρες
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Arturo AkaΠριν 2 ημέρες
Veritasium: Aerogel is the world's lightest solid Me: What about paper?
J LΠριν 22 ώρες
It is...
IΠριν 3 ημέρες
0:00 . rewind 5 seconds or 10 seconds back from 0:00 , but you have to do it one tap at a time. It looks very weird
David LiΠριν 3 ημέρες
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Tristan SNΠριν 3 ημέρες
can you do that to humans?
Tristan SNΠριν 3 ημέρες
I want to eat that for some reason
DANAQ OFFICIALΠριν 3 ημέρες
want to smoke that air to get high
ᴋᴇɴ13 ᴘʟᴀʏᴢツΠριν 3 ημέρες
I mean paper is the slightest solid? like tear into really small! I mean it should be
Javier TrotaΠριν 3 ημέρες
..en 20" afirma que si quita todo el aire seria menos denso que el aire... entonces no debiera flotar, elevarse en la atmósfera??? ..in 20 "affirms that if you remove all the air it would be less dense than air ... then it should not float, rise in the atmosphere ???
Ernesto GonzalesΠριν 3 ημέρες
i watched this because i thought it was just an edit, and boy i was proven wrong
apexxyΠριν 3 ημέρες
ahhh the days before having to wear masks
Block ADΠριν 3 ημέρες
Pekopekopeko QAQ
Gamer GirlΠριν 4 ημέρες
so this is a solid?
Nicolas BradleyΠριν 4 ημέρες
Wwooooohhhhh
ShanTanu ThakurΠριν 4 ημέρες
Oh so they 've found that object which have more air than lays
Manideep ReddyΠριν 4 ημέρες
1 grain of rice is not even weigh 1gm
Ameerdeen SΠριν 4 ημέρες
crush it
OGHUVWU BLESSINGΠριν 4 ημέρες
Jesus Christ is God.
Kiran PathakΠριν 4 ημέρες
Woh ...wortful
Hariharan NatarajanΠριν 4 ημέρες
Your subtitle is so irritated.
Zmzxz ZmzxzΠριν 4 ημέρες
Nice teeth
Piyush SinghΠριν 4 ημέρες
Awesome
SherzyΠριν 4 ημέρες
"This is" Air jello literal air that looks like jello
DavidΠριν 4 ημέρες
Now if you could make it out of a high hydrogen substance to defeat radiation I know a Starship builder who would invest ship loads.😉
M. SufyianΠριν 4 ημέρες
hi
Bryan GoldfieldΠριν 4 ημέρες
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Rick TimmonsΠριν 4 ημέρες
could it be used to construct an see through plane skin? or added to tank armor to dampen Monroe effect? bazooka/rpg hits outer skin to absorb impact; then aerogel douses the chemical flame. better than that - coating on bottom of vehicles to deflate IED. SAVE LIVES!
McLavaBoiΠριν 4 ημέρες
I've found Elon Musk.
Ri NoΠριν 4 ημέρες
SUbscribe to the channel and this "might" be the next part of the trilogy. LOL bad manners.. give the last part first, then I subscribe..
Ronny BehnckeΠριν 4 ημέρες
So krasst man das Universum ;;; in der wir leben ...
SkrachΠριν 4 ημέρες
this could be usefull for space missions to keep people heating up and you know
Mark NCΠριν 4 ημέρες
That's why they call it a bunny-sen burner.
Withrow PortugalΠριν 4 ημέρες
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Callum ColsonΠριν 4 ημέρες
Can someone tell me what hes holding I dont see anything?
mert bozakΠριν 5 ημέρες
İs this can be Ozon layer
Rameez AlamΠριν 5 ημέρες
lays have more air.
Charmaine JacobsenΠριν 5 ημέρες
I remember when I 1st watched a documentary when NASA used the aero gel on SOHO , I thought it was capturing the particles blasted off of the sun , but you said it was off a comet . Also , I remember watching another documentary on the man who " supposedly " was the 1st person to invent it , who was an Asian man . Wow , I was surprised to hear here that it was invented in the 30's . Nonetheless, my impression of the material stii is in complete amazement & awe . I knew when I 1st saw it , all the wonderful capabilities it can , & 1 day be used for ! Truely , 1 of the best inventions of my time if not the past millennium
水果Πριν 5 ημέρες
just wondering how is it taste
DemonΠριν 5 ημέρες
Schools ordering toilet paper be like We will the whole stock !!
CollieAgilityΠριν 5 ημέρες
In english please
bee !!Πριν 5 ημέρες
i wanna eat it so bad
Mabanag mcΠριν 5 ημέρες
I still cant lift that...
The RationalistΠριν 5 ημέρες
A cube of glass of that size with thin walls is also 99 percent air and has same weight
Plutonium IsotopeΠριν 3 ημέρες
But it is filled with air
FooleishΠριν 5 ημέρες
It looks like solid smoke.
Amila RandunuΠριν 5 ημέρες
Joseph Seed has gained weight and making aerogel? this can't be good 😲
Pratham TagotraΠριν 5 ημέρες
9:16 minecraft
Buğrahan İzciΠριν 5 ημέρες
cips: funy
Jeremy DaigneaultΠριν 5 ημέρες
What a waste of chocolate
Ronald BabatΠριν 5 ημέρες
I thought the lightest solid was plastic
IamgamerkenΠριν 5 ημέρες
Air still most lightest thing in the world
Prithvir lm10Πριν 5 ημέρες
Thanks information
thelco1Πριν 5 ημέρες
According to director Pete Docter, this material inspired the look of the souls in Pixar's Soul movie.
Afro DisiacΠριν 5 ημέρες
I saw that! It makes sense...they look like this light airy material. Almost translucent.
Alexander’s AlarmsΠριν 5 ημέρες
@Liam the f**k does the FBI have to do with that
Raihan NafisΠριν 5 ημέρες
@M Khan why u asking this guy
M KhanΠριν 5 ημέρες
I am interested in different kinds of aerogel for insulation... is there a phone number I can contact?
LiamΠριν 5 ημέρες
@IduckU FBI OPEN UP!
John SmithΠριν 5 ημέρες
This tech was given to us by them
Bolt BoltΠριν 5 ημέρες
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oco etΠριν 5 ημέρες
I need aerogel
Darla RoseΠριν 5 ημέρες
wow.
Enes ÇelikΠριν 6 ημέρες
but weighing in on the market turkiyede used buckets lighter
Pleuny EnderlismeΠριν 6 ημέρες
Can you snort it?
Java the Mystical EnergyΠριν 6 ημέρες
Cara mengeluarkan udara dan cairan dari jeli itu gimana ye? Pingin tau tapi gua juga tau bakal ada penjelasan yang panjang sekali
J FlowΠριν 6 ημέρες
Is this what is sprayed in the sky?
MøqulixΠριν 6 ημέρες
love how he said two two instead of twenty two
Jim RadleΠριν 6 ημέρες
Can the pores in Aerogel be backfilled with helium to the point where the solid aerogel floats in 1ATM air?
Mihir BholeΠριν ημέρα
@Andy Panter Hydrogen is very dangerous to handle lol. I think airships like the Hindenberg used Hydrogen, hence why it burst into flames after the crash.
Andy PanterΠριν 3 ημέρες
"Unfortunately,, even the lightest aerogels, even if evacuated or backfilled with helium, would be too heavy to float in air, especially if laminated to seal the outer edges of the monolith. However, a helium-backfilled aerogel can be made to float if dropped into an aquarium filled with a dense gas such as xenon." *wonders about hydrogen...*
Voidling studios officialΠριν 6 ημέρες
Can I EAT it
Bea EssΠριν 6 ημέρες
This is the kind of smoking bunny I'm fine with.
Samarendra PatraΠριν 6 ημέρες
Good to see new Inventions.... This is Exciting Stuff
vincen timΠριν 6 ημέρες
relou ces traductions automatiques de titres.
John MΠριν 6 ημέρες
horrible test. you should never turn off burner. Its obvious that the flame is less on the air gel. need independant lab not someones basement.
Galiceanu GabrielΠριν 6 ημέρες
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Frida KarloΠριν 6 ημέρες
Bunny😈Melter😂😂😄
blackworxΠριν 6 ημέρες
So in terms of "when will you see it in your everyday life" aerogel loudspeaker cones have been a thing for a while, e.g. Audax HD-A. That said, what they are calling "High Definition Aerogel" may be a composite, not sure.
ThonyΠριν 6 ημέρες
you never got weed form my dealer its the lightest things on that planet XD he can give you 1 g and it weights o.8g :O
Faze AayushΠριν 6 ημέρες
Imagine the feelings of the bunnies...
NobodyΠριν 6 ημέρες
99.8% Air. That means it's .998 Gram Air & .002 Gram other substance. Oh, I can eat them. I would like to taste 1 Gram Aerogel
Shimiko SokaedaΠριν 6 ημέρες
I dont even know why am I here
mkΠριν 6 ημέρες
This was made 2 days after my birthday
Kristina TurnerΠριν 6 ημέρες
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ADITYA RAJ VERMAΠριν 6 ημέρες
GRlifes algo is out of this world
Francisco De SantiagoΠριν 6 ημέρες
Me thinking if u surround a space ship with this we could fly threw the sun
Jim WhelanΠριν 6 ημέρες
Not a solid but a foam
Matthew CheungΠριν 6 ημέρες
Aerogel: im 99.8% air. Lays: *finally a worthy challenger.* yes im am making a meme
LiamΠριν 3 ημέρες
@Matthew Cheung *y e s*
Matthew CheungΠριν 3 ημέρες
@Liam y e s
LiamΠριν 5 ημέρες
memes so?