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Last October, scientists announced the creation of ultra-white paint so reflective it could be used to keep surfaces and even entire buildings cool. That breakthrough really pushed the envelope on new ways to fight global warming. Now, they ve produced an even whiter paint. The ultra-white paints are considered the opposite of vantablack, which absorbs 99.9 percent of light. They reflect so much light that a surface painted with them actually ends up being cooler than the ambient temperature around them. The paint revealed in October was based on calcium carbonate (CaCO3), the mineral that makes chalk. It had a reflectance of about 95.5 percent, meaning that less than 5 percent of sunlight hitting it would be absorbed as heat. ....
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It s floaty floaty vom time as boffins plan prototype cooler spin on modded 727 Richard Speed Fri 16 Apr 2021 // 16:33 UTC Share Copy Boffins are set to get a ride on the Zero Gravity Corporation s weightless research lab to test a refrigerator designed for jaunts to orbit, the Moon or even Mars. The engineers from Purdue University, Air Squared and Whirlpool are working on a refrigerator that will function in different orientations as well as the one more suited to domestic kitchens on Earth. The idea is to give astronauts access to food not necessarily freeze-dried or squirted out of a packet (and liberally dosed with hot sauce.) ....
"Whitest paint" that reflects more than 98% of light is developed, too white and painted objects cool down -GIGAZINE archyde.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archyde.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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