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"
World's Lightest Solid!
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Nana Cine
can I make a bike for that kind of thing?
Daniel Tee
nope!
Sivayaju GV
1 particle of sand is too lesser and it is a solid
White Rabbit
The secret of the hydrogen bomb
Luke Cairnduff
Can u buy these
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jonathan mclaughlin
my brain actually malfunctioned when i heard what it sounded like when it was dropped on a solid surface. i legitimately thought it was glass.
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Zeynep Yaralı
The question is ;Did you have to waste the chocolate bunny?
Andrew Meneses
Veritasium: "Look at this marvel of science and technology".
Me: "Squeeze it".
Kasia Wolska
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EXOniccc
use those on mask filters would trap everything
Tino Jokic
I NEED THIS !
Anulackk
looks tasty
DEVILVERSE
*licks finger and holds the the temp detected with the licked finger*
sheesh
BRS RC
The aero gel looks like a ghost
Knightlite
why does it look tasty
Igor Delgado
This is
piece of U.F.O
Patioevra
What an interesting material 🤔
João Matheus
I want to bite a piece of it and feel it witm my theeth
why
Nguyenthanh Nhan
Is my is my mother goose club out.
kalim ghori
what if the government weaponized this stuff to make flam proof outfits for firefighters>:?..
Marianne Benice dela Paz
I wanna grip it tightly and see if it acts like a squishy or smthng..
Cooee Chris
Its CGI.. fake film folks... and there is more to come, they really believe we believe it all..haha
michael anderson
Just something about this guy I don't like :O(
Kirbystarallies1
There are solids smaller than that. Just saying.
alan lu
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Kan
Mouse companies: Interesting...
Twin-Boy Islander
Amazing !?
Inko Gnito
Bro i had weed lighter than that
JANOS BOLDOG
No solid material exist and I would have eaten those bunnies lol.
Divaskar Sharma
world lightest solid: I am 99.8 percent air
Chips packet: *pathetic* hold my non exsistent chips
Unimaginable
my brain can't comprehend how this would feel in real life
Unimaginable
@Fran Barrios kinda the point lol
Fran Barrios
my brain can't comprehend how people literally copy others' comments
kokLiang chung
外星当然在外是的啦…!bodoh...
S V Lakshminarayanan
Aerogel
August Janke
Aerogels rock!!!
我爱绿茶婊
Amazing!!!
이서영
Is aerogel able to trespass air? Like being used in mask filters? Is it possible?
JCD
Imagine having something that works well with electronics + lighter than air but at the same time, as strong as steel!
Twisted 809
Subnautica aerogel looks different
CS 3543
Wow,that's look like nata de coco
ClumsyHarp
I want to eat it
TheMaroth
Half Life 4 confirmed @ 7:45
RosMyster
I want to buy a pair of gloves with this material.
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Affan Jodie
Wow minecraft should add this material that lightest solid
Mine with Ethan
Yea
Curtis Breillat
The last video I watched was swagger stagger, so I was really confused when it randomly started playing in the middle of this video lol
Andrew Kim
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EthanMigsObnial
No chocolate bunny was harmed in this video
Aurora Diaz
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Skiez YT
Am I the only one that feels like eating this?
Yes Iam
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Lucky K
lol did anyone else jump when the glass cracked at 1:42
Alien Thing
WAIT IF YOU WERE TO EAT IT, I THINK THAT DUE TO ITS PORES IT WOULD DISSOLVE OR ABSORB WATER JUST LIKE CHIPS OR SMTHNG (i dont think i need to say im not a scientist)
KIRAN KUMAR
Can this be manufactured as sheets and placed in between the wall thickness of cold chain boxes, so that vaccines can be delivered to far off remote places (in large developing countries) without temperature excursion on longer journeys?
Chouww King
Wait how about Leaves
Gayle Cheung
OK can we get serious and what is the purpose of what do you call it again aerogel
Louege baguio
aerogel is like a dog with gel.. in bisaya
PunnaT
Can it be used to make Transparent Smartphone just like Tony stark uses?🤔
PunnaT
@Shikha Lohariwal hmm shukriya 🙏
Shikha Lohariwal
Nice idea man
Skidanje Kraste
If sponge is solid this is solid to.
Charles Randolph
While you're in Boston, take the MBTA! Beautiful trains!
5318oo8
Ayo can i borrow that skizzy?
ANDER LABAKA
At 0:23 he says that if you remove the air from it, it would be less dense than air. Well... then if you don´t remove the air, it is still less dense than air, right? Just in an smaller percentage, but the idea is the same...
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Those blurry looking edges tho
Now imagine solid item in your hands that you cant see where it ends...
alan lu
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cedano371
can we use it for the cpu of computers?
Prabhavathy Murthy
3:10
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Bharath Mourya
Why not cover the bunny while testing?
Mokhtar Ouanouki
4:45 A white scientist talking like Queen Latifah
World of Tank
Why does the thumb nail look like ur holding the univers
ValaxysPrime
Nobody:
Me: Hm... Looks pretty good...
Babies first two thoughts: What does it taste like and can I fit it in my mouth
Isaac Simmons
lololol. XD
MaTz YaN
Tesheract
Wind Gonzales
It's amazing but my brain can't comprehend
Scp Foundation
aeroel function=hard to burn
Matteo Aversa
Subnautica players: I've seen that one
Mansi Joshi
Would it ever find use in medicine?
Madara Uchiha
bob lazar lab created that right!
Aaron Boeh
Since aerogel can be made from a variety of materials...what about a graphene aerogel or polymer? Would that even be possible, this must have been considered already..
Giwrgos Soiles
Perfect insulation for my house.
John`s Rabid Mutt
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 mafessoni
sono il comento italiano che cercavi
Ochi Fortune
Is it edible? I really wanna chew it!😁
Jibby Ali
So there's only one other person commenting about wanting to eat it?
M Hassan Khalid
My hair is lighter than that
ARYAN SHENOY
Fun fact
Aerogel is not a conductor cuz it has air
And air is a bad conductor
apoorv yash future iitian
Everything was so good but why only the rabbit was victimised for the experiment.. Rip rabbit🥺
Anand thakur
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 show
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Latchman Mangra
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fulesmackofule
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)...
고도슴치
Where can I BUY THIS Aerogel ????? I WANT IT
DoDo
you can make it by 2 rubies
amir mo
hey bro im from iran and i love you for upload video to persian ❤❤
Ashraf Alattar
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
HEADCORE
Hashish is lighter 🤣
C G
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 John
My think is more dense than this thing!!!