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Looking for Safe Emulsion Aerogel (SEAgel)

12/22/2008 2:19 PM

SEAgel, first developed at Lawrence Livermore labs nearly two decades ago does not appear to have found an application which is readily found with a myriad of internet searches. Amazing stories of "lighter than air solids" made from SEAgel keep leading me back to the same locations. Anyone out there have a clue where one might find a company that produces SEAgel commercially?

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Re: Looking for Safe Emulsion Aerogel (SEAgel)

12/23/2008 6:52 AM

Silica Aerogel is being used for insulating in clothing and other industrial applications. I don't know if that is the material you are talking about but there is Aerogel commercially available. I built several small insulated boxes with Sterling refrigerators on them for the Space Station and the insulated box was aerogel insulated.

Aspen Aerogel is one source. The Aerogel comes in blocks, vacuum bagged in aluminized Mylar and as a felt-like cloth in several thicknesses.

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Re: Looking for Safe Emulsion Aerogel (SEAgel)

12/24/2008 10:53 AM

Thanks for the response Morgan. I wish you well digging out from under the ice this holiday season. I have some Aspen Aerogel material being sent to me for testing. But the SEAgel material developed / patented at Lawrence Livermore Labs on the west coast appears to have similar insulating characteristics and is lighter still than the aerogels. So far I have not been able to locate anyone that is in the business of mass producing it. Just finding detail specifications on the LLNL website is difficult.

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