You could probably buy enough pink fiberglass to insulate a house for what one of those cost. They might even cost more on eBay
-John =============== > How about surplus HRSI tiles off the Shuttle? > > > > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp > <p...@phk.freebsd.dk>wrote: > >> In message >> <05fb5f7f819d035fdc8556f9b4842b98.squir...@webmail.sonic.net>, >> "Rick >> Karlquist" writes: >> >> >The general consensus was that >> >all foams were more or less similar thermally, >> >> There is indeed very little difference, in particular if the foam >> is encapsulated so the open/closed bubble difference is eliminated. >> >> These days aerogel is the big thing, and Aspen Aerogel's "spaceloft" >> series of products are seeing a lot of use in tight spaces. >> >> It is also possible to buy aerogel as granulate, for instance from >> United Nuclear, but be aware that it will draw moisture like there >> is no water tomorrow, so always use gloves and a respiratory filter. >> >> I'm not sure the mechanical strength of aerogel would be any use >> for military OCXO's[1], but for lab-settings, it would work fine. >> >> Poul-Henning >> >> [1] People tend to forget that aerogel is one of the strongest >> materials *relative to its weight*, and at the same time the >> solid with the lowest density. The first thing people do on >> picking up a piece of aerogel is typically to crush it. >> >> -- >> Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 >> p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 >> FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe >> Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by >> incompetence. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
