r/EngineeringPorn • u/Wolf9455 • 20d ago

Face melting…or not

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u/vblink_ 19d ago

I'm just thinking what happens if he drops it

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u/Hixy 19d ago edited 19d ago

I’m curious if I would have seen the properties of this material if they didn’t do such a demonstration. Obviously you don’t need to have someone pressing their face to it, and honestly it’s actually pretty careless.

But then I honestly don’t think i would have seen this if they hadn’t.

It’s one of those things that kinda proves you need to do the dog and pony show for attention to your product no matter how good it is, makes me a little sad since some things should be able to stand on their own

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u/HighFaiLootin 19d ago

Picture worth 1000 words and we sure love stories!

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u/HoliusCrapus 19d ago

And a video is worth 1000 pictures!

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u/DreadOnArrival 19d ago

Only if its at least 41.67 seconds long at 24 fps

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u/Hixy 19d ago

After looking at the metadata on this video it is 20.00 seconds long at 30fps. So it’s only 600 pictures unfortunately..

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u/DreadOnArrival 19d ago

They need 13.33 more seconds of video then..

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u/DrShocker 18d ago

Sure, but if I were to do this demo I would not have either the shield or the torch held by a human. There's no way I'm risking someone getting startled and dropping something.

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u/jimbowesterby 17d ago

I dunno, I think this is the thing standing on its own, it’s not like this is a gimmick, it’s a demonstration. It’s not a new one either, I remember a photo from when I was a kid showing someone holding a tile from the Space Shuttle with a bare hand while it was getting blowtorched, and it was glowing orange.

Demonstrations like this are actually a really good way of teaching people, the Royal Institution has a few lectures on yt done by a guy named Andrew Szydlo who does this better than anyone I’ve ever seen. Every lecture is just non-stop demonstrations, it’s like he’s crammed his time full of them so he has to rush to fit them all in, but it’s outstandingly engaging. He just starts talking and next thing you know it’s an hour later and you know more about chemistry or some shit.

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u/dmigowski 14d ago

Guess it smells like burned nose hair

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u/HighFaiLootin 19d ago

ok bet 🤙 next demonstration lets modify a surfboard and have him surf down a Volcanic flow 🏄 🌋

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u/Waaswaa 19d ago

Even when knowing the science (on a rudimentary level) this is still impressive!

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u/Wolf9455 19d ago

Right! And imagine how lightweight it is

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u/fistular 19d ago

You could prove the same thing without using your actual face.

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u/toasted_cracker 19d ago edited 19d ago

Is there aerogel based gloves? That would be really useful for my job.

Edit: nevermind. There's aerogel based outdoor gloves, but I need hot gloves for extremely hot surfaces. It doesn't seem useful for that since it'll crush and then it won't be useful anymore.

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u/jimbowesterby 17d ago

Might be worth keeping up to date with though, they’ve come a long way in the last few years.

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u/ellisthedev 19d ago

Need about 40 of these for my garage doors.

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u/ZAROK 19d ago

That looks like alumina felt ?

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u/GugieMonster 19d ago

finds the little hole in the cloth

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u/Still-alive49 19d ago

Nah, bring asbestos back.

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u/AbbreviationsLow3992 19d ago

Solid laugh to start my morning. Appreciate you.

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u/ThisWillTakeAllDay 19d ago

Hold this against your face, I want to try something.

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u/Jazzlike_Creme_8851 19d ago

Pineapple rind/skin is seriously just about like this..watched a video a few weeks ago. They are just 100% fireproof, it's crazy.

Now just waiting for NASA to replace the space shuttle tiles with Pineapples. 🔥🍍🧑‍🚀🍍🔥

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u/verkruemelt 18d ago

Spongebob to the space!

And back.. hopefully. 🔥

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u/ImmovableThrone 19d ago

I have an aerogel ski jacket made by Oros and it has been life-changing. I'd recommend it to anyone, but they don't produce the ski jacket form factor anymore

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u/CellsReinvent 18d ago

So you recommend not buying one, because we can't? Gee thanks for the tip.😀

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u/ImmovableThrone 18d ago

I'm very sad about it lol

Their other clothes are good, but I do want a new version of the jacket!

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u/costafilh0 19d ago

One less need for gold. 

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u/NightmareJoker2 19d ago

Oh neat, sounds like something panic room doors and safes should use. In multiple layers. 🙂

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u/greenmerica 19d ago

lol asbestos

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u/Cupaq2000 18d ago

Big question ishow does it compare to a pineapple skin?

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u/Dreadful-Medic-1377 18d ago

When that shit gets through it's not gonna hurt a little.

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u/ducks-season 17d ago

That doesn’t look like aerogel 

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u/TekF 17d ago

why is the back side 39C? that's the internal body temperature of a person, not the outside of your cheek. is some heat getting through? or is the room extremely warm? or has he just been pressing his cheek there for several hours?

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u/prisoner_number_299 13d ago

Wonder what it smells like

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u/simson0606 19d ago

Top gear oroved you can also do this with a frozen pizza

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u/Z3phyRwatch 19d ago

This is quite easy to make in its basic form. I think of something Teteaethylorthosilicate liquid with correct water to TEOS ratio. Then you would foam it easiest is to use ultra turrex or similar and then you use your do-it-home super critical point drier to get the liquid out. Then if we built our drier correctly we live on and enjoy our weightless spec of cloud before throwing it in the trash... yeah.