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New Paint Formulation Keeps Surfaces Cooler than Previous Ultra-White Paints
Written by AZoBuildApr 16 2021
In an attempt to mitigate global warming, engineers from Purdue University have produced the world’s whitest paint.
An infrared camera shows how a sample of the whitest white paint (the dark purple square in the middle) actually cools the board below ambient temperature, something that not even commercial heat-rejecting paints do. Image Credit: Purdue University/Joseph Peoples.
According to the team, using this paint to coat buildings may someday cool them off sufficiently to decrease the requirement for air conditioning.
In October 2021, the researchers produced an ultra-white paint that pushed the limitations of the facet of white paints. Now, the team has exceeded those limitations. Not only is the newer paint whiter but it can also keep the surfaces cooler than the formulation previously demonstrated by the team.
The whitest paint is here – and it’s the coolest. Literally.
Note to journalists: For a copy of the paper, please contact Kayla Wiles, Purdue News Service, at wiles5@purdue.edu or 765-494-2432. Photos of the whitest paint are available via Google Drive. Journalists visiting campus should follow visitor health guidelines.
Xiulin Ruan, a Purdue University professor of mechanical engineering, holds up his lab’s sample of the whitest paint on record. (Purdue University/Jared Pike)
New paint formulation could help buildings rely less on air conditioning
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. In an effort to curb global warming, Purdue University engineers have created the whitest paint yet. Coating buildings with this paint may one day cool them off enough to reduce the need for air conditioning, the researchers say.
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