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Narrator:
A rubber tree's life-span
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For natural rubber production
Is limited to about 25 years.
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But making toys
Out of their wood
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Gives unproductive trees
A second life.
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This idea comes
From southeastern asia,
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Home to most of the rubber
And latex production worldwide.
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This company,
Based in thailand,
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Manufactures toys
Such as this series
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Of animal-shaped racers made
Of locally farmed rubberwood.
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They buy old trees
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That have exceeded
Their productive life.
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A worker feeds lumber
Through a wood-rounding machine.
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The machine drives the log
Through a mill
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And turns it into a rod.
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The worker places the rod
On a tray
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Alongside other pieces
Ready for cutting.
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A cutting machine automatically
Matches the length of the rods
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While a round saw
Cuts out blanks,
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Which accumulate in a crate.
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A router removes the sharp edges
On the blanks.
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Stacked in a feeder tube,
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The blanks drop down one
By one on the router table.
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An automated feeding mechanism
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Pushes each blank
Against the router head.
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The router blade bites
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Into the blank
And trims off the edge,
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Leaving the pieces
Ready for sanding.
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At another station, a lathe
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Turns spherical shapes
Out of the wood.
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Several blades move in sequence
To form the piece.
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When a new length
Of wood comes through,
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The front blade moves in.
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Once it backs away,
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Another set of blades
Shapes the piece laterally
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Before a cutter blade
Separates it from the rod.
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A worker now pours a nontoxic,
Water-based paint
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Over the sanded blanks.
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He transfers the batch
Into a tumbling machine.
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The tumbling process
Will even out the color
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And drain the extra paint
To accelerate drying.
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The worker closes and secures
The lid of the tumbler
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Before he starts the machine.
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The facility can simultaneously
Process 40 batches
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Of painted parts
In 30 minutes.
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The painted parts
Now go to a pad printer.
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An automated arm feeds the parts
To the printer,
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Which stamps each piece
With a nontoxic paint.
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A worker uses a table saw
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To groove another set
Of painted parts.
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The custom-made jig ensures that
The cut is straight and even
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And that the blade
Makes only a narrow
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And shallow groove in the wood.
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The worker places
The grooved part
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On a jig and bores a hole
Into the piece with a drill.
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The machined piece
Goes to another pad printer.
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The pad picks up paint
From a tray
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And transfers it to the wood.
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This process, called
Tampography, allows the printer
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To reproduce a design
On an irregular surface,
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Such as this wood piece.
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The printed parts
Dry at room temperature.
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As a last pad printer
Paints two dots on the wood,
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The face of the animal racer
Slowly takes shape.
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This red-colored powder
Is processed rubberwood sawdust
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Entirely recycled
From the machining operations.
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A worker fills molds
With the reprocessed sawdust
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And prepares them for casting.
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The machine compresses
The sawdust in a die
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And turns it into a solid
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And compact material
Called planwood.
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A worker starts assembling
The planwood pieces
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To form the body of the racers.
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She applies a thin coat
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Of nontoxic,
Formaldehyde-free glue
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And presses two corresponding
Planwood pieces together.
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She removes the excess glue
With her finger
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Before she hammers a dowel
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Into the assembled
Planwood body.
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To finish the head
Of the racer,
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She inserts a felt piece
Into the groove
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Machined on top
And presses the head
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Into the racer's body
Using a pneumatic press.
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The worker then drives the axles
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Through holes
In the planwood assembly.
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She takes painted
And pad-printed wheels
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And applies a drop
Of fast-hardening glue
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Inside each wheel hub.
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She then hammers the wheels
Into the axles
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And takes the assembled toy
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To a customized machine designed
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To press the wheels
Firmly into the axles.
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This finished chicken racer
Is one of a wide variety
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Of rubberwood toys
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Manufactured with
Environment-friendly processes
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And materials.
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Narrator: whether your preferred
Shade is light, medium, or dark,
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Owning a reliable electric
Toaster that evenly heats
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And browns both sides
Of your bread just the way
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You like it is one
Of life's small pleasures.
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And if that toaster
Adds some style to your kitchen,
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All the better.
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Making retro-style toasters
Is this british company's
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Bread and butter.
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While some of its models
Are new designs
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In a vintage style,
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This one is authentically retro,
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In continuous production
Since the 1960s.
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The manufacturing equipment,
However, is modern.
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A computer-guided laser cutter
Cuts out many components
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From sheet steel coated with
Zinc for corrosion resistance.
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They stamp the company logo
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And then use the same press
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To begin forming
A rectangular box.
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They bend three sides
On this press...
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Then bend the fourth
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On a machine
Called a box folder.
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They rivet the body closed, then
Spray on a thick layer
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Of paint powder
Known as powder coat.
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Then, they run the body
Through a tunnel oven
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For 10 minutes
To bake the finish.
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The computer-guided
Laser cutter also
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Cuts out several toaster tops
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From a sheet of stainless steel.
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This model
Is a four-slice toaster,
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So the machine
Cuts four slots per top.
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To make the manual bread ejector
That pops up the hot toast,
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They weld steel strips
To a round steel bar.
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Moving the toaster's
Ejector knob lifts this bar,
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Raising the top
Of the toast out of the slot.
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They bend the strips,
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Creating a cradle
To stabilize the bread
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So that it doesn't wobble
And get caught
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While moving up and down
Within the slot.
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This machine makes
The toaster's guard wires
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Out of copper-coated steel.
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The guard wires are barriers
That prevent the bread
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From touching
The toaster's heating elements.
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The machine first welds
Cut horizontal wires
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To four continuous
Vertical ones.
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Then, a blade
Chops the vertical wires
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Every 12 inches, producing
Two side-by-side guard wires.
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Workers cut them apart
On a guillotine, then,
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With a hand press,
Fold over the top of each one.
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This prevents the bread
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From catching on the top
Of the guard wires.
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Now they take
The toasting compartment
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And insert
The eight guard wires,
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One for each side
Of the four bread slots.
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Then, they install
The bread ejector.
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Next, the heating elements.
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Being a high-end toaster,
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The elements are sheets
Of pure mica,
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A mineral that's heat-resistant
Up to 1,800 degrees fahrenheit.
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They connect them with
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Electrically
Conductive copper links.
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They mount the switch
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That selects the number
Of bread slices to toast.
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Then, they install a red neon
Light that illuminates
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When you start the toaster
And turns off
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When the toast time has elapsed.
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The timer switch has a bell
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That sounds when
The toast time is up,
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At which point the switch cuts
The current to the elements.
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They attach the dials
For the slice selector
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And timer switches
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And connect their wires
To the main power cord.
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Then, they place
The toaster compartment
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Into the body and screw on
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The toaster's
Stainless steel top,
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The protective film now removed.
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They flip the toaster
Upside down
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And wire up the elements.
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They install the ejector knob,
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Positioning its spring
Against the bread ejector.
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When the bell rings,
Indicating your toast is ready,
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You move the knob to raise
And retrieve your slices.
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A technician tests the toaster
Thoroughly, ensuring
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That all of the elements heat
To the correct temperature,
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That only the selected
Slots heat up,
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That the timer is accurate,
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And that the bell rings
When the selected time elapses.
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They install the removable
Crumb tray,
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Then close up the bottom
Of the toaster
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With a ventilated base plate.
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Nylon feet elevate
The toaster for ventilation
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And to prevent the screws
Attaching the base
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From scratching
Your kitchen counter.
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The style may be retro,
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But this 1960s-design toaster
Was ahead of its time
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With its energy-saving
Slice-selector feature
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That stops the toaster's
Empty slots
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From heating up unnecessarily.
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Narrator: laboratory furnaces
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Are small
But powerful appliances.
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They can reach temperatures
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Of 3,000 degrees
Fahrenheit or more.
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These incredible furnaces
Are often used to test
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The quality of things
Like fuel oil, greases, coal,
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And to confirm the strength
Of structural materials.
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Exposed to the red-hot intensity
Of a laboratory furnace,
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This piece of steel
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Should endure and even
Be strengthened by the exposure.
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It's the ultimate test
Of the steel's integrity.
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Making a laboratory furnace
Starts with this laser cutter.
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It carves out steel panels
For the lower cabinet.
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A press brake folds the panels
With precision
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To make three-sided pieces
Of cabinetry.
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A worker stacks them up.
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The next worker
Applies a powder coat
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To the metal parts
Using a compressed-air sprayer.
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When baked on, the powder forms
A tough thermoplastic skin.
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At the next station, a worker
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Tucks the end
Of an iron alloy wire
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Into a lathe.
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As the lathe spins,
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It winds the wire
Around a mandrel,
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Producing a tight coil.
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This coiled wire will serve
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As one of the furnace's
Two heating elements.
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After stretching the coil
To widen the gaps
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And bending it
To create parallel rows,
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The technician
Attaches electrical clips.
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He flips a switch.
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And electricity
Surges through the coil.
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This relieves stresses
In the metal caused
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By the winding and bending.
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He now inserts two coils
Into the ridges of the mold.
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He transfers it to a vat filled
With a ceramic fiber mixture.
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A powerful vacuum pump
Pulls the mixture into the mold,
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Filling all the crevices.
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The vacuum then
Draws out the moisture.
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The coils are now embedded
In a ceramic cake.
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This cake bakes
In an oven overnight
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And solidifies,
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Encasing and insulating
The heating coils.
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A worker cuts the solid
Ceramic-fiber block in two,
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Creating
Two separate heating modules.
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He trims them so they fit neatly
In the furnace chamber.
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A computerized router
Cuts out other insulation pieces
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To fit the rest
Of the furnace chamber.
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This ceramic brick
Is a threshold insulator.
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This piece is a surround
For the furnace door.
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A team now puts all the ceramic
Fiber pieces together
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In a metal framework.
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The heating element blocks
Form the sides
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Of the furnace chamber.
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They thread the wires
From the coils
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Through the back panel.
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They insert the side
And back panels
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In the framework.
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They assemble the other
Ceramic fiber parts
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To form an insulated chamber.
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They screw the framework tight,
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And this nestles
The ceramic-fiber walls
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More closely together.
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They tuck the threshold
Insulator into place,
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Completing the laboratory
Furnace's heated chamber.
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A technician now places
The furnace's
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Electric heating control panel
In the lower cabinet.
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He fastens it to the metal
Cabinet with screws.
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He wires the temperature-control
Board to a touch screen
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And connects the power supply
For the touch screen.
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He installs a stainless steel
Shelf on top, towards the front.
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He screws the front panel
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That houses the touch screen
To the cabinet.
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He adds the top panel
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That the furnace chamber
Will sit on.
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He assembles the metal surround
For the furnace chamber
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To the control cabinet,
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Then slides the furnace chamber
Into place.
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Moving to the open back,
He wires the heating elements
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For power and inserts
A temperature sensor
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Into a hole in the center
Of the chamber.
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He assembles a connector block,
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Which will relay
The sensor signal
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To the controller.
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He encloses the back
With another metal panel.
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The next technician hinges
The door to the metal surround.
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The door is a metal structure
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That's filled with many layers
Of ceramic-fiber insulation.
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He lowers and raises the door
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To confirm
That it operates smoothly.
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This metal cover
Is the finishing touch.
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He snaps it onto the door
And secures it with screws.
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The laboratory furnace's
Thick, insulated chamber
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Is ready to contain
The extreme heat
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And maintain it.
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And these torrid conditions
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Are ideal
For quality-control testing.
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Narrator: aerogels are
The lightest solid materials
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On earth.
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They have nanosized pores
That make it difficult
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For cold or hot air
To penetrate.
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Used to insulate the electronics
Of the mars rovers
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And to capture comet dust,
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Aerogels are among the most
Fascinating materials.
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Aerogels in shaped forms
Look almost like holograms.
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Yet they feel like hard foam.
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It's why they are often called
Frozen smoke or solid smoke.
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Making them starts
With four ingredients --
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A chemical called
Tmos, methanol,
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Concentrated ammonia, and water.
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The technician adds measured
Amounts of tmos and methanol
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To a beaker
That has a magnetic stir bead
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At the bottom.
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He transfers the beaker
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To a device that generates
A rotating magnetic field.
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This causes the bead
In the bottle
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To evenly mix the ingredients.
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He pours the mixture
Into a larger beaker
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And adds specific amounts
Of water,
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Additional methanol,
And ammonia hydroxide.
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As the ingredients are blended,
A chemical reaction occurs.
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The tmos and water
React to form silica.
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The chemical reaction
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Will also cause the mixture
To become a gel.
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But before that happens,
He quickly prepares the molds.
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He pours pure methanol
Over a plastic grid
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And arranges rectangular molds
Over the grid.
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He injects precise amounts
Of the silica gel mix
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Into the molds
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And leaves them to gel.
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During this process,
The methanol under the grid
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Evaporates, preventing
Excessive drying of the gels.
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The mixture coagulates
In just minutes,
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But it takes about a day
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For the gels
To fully strengthen.
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He then soaks the silica gels
In methanol baths repeatedly
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Over a period of several days.
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The methanol seeps
In the gel's pores
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To flush out impurities.
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The gel pores are so minuscule
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They can't be seen
With the naked eye.
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The technician decants the used
Methanol into a container.
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He'll send it to a recycler
To remove impurities,
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And this will allow it
To be used again
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In the aerogel production
Process.
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After several days
Of soaking in methanol,
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The silica gels are purified.
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They're ready for a process
Known as supercritical drying.
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It's a process that will convert
These silica gels into aerogels.
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A technician places the gels
In a pressure vessel.
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He locks the heavy steel lid
With 12 large bolts and nuts
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So it will hold tight
Against a pressure
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That's 100 times greater than
That of the normal atmosphere.
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He connects the hose
That delivers liquid
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And carbon dioxide
To the vessel.
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The liquid carbon dioxide
Replaces the methanol
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In the gel's pores.
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They then heat
And pressurize the gels
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Until the carbon dioxide
In them becomes supercritical.
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It's semiliquid, semigas.
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The supercritical carbon dioxide
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Diffuses out without collapsing
The gels' solid skeletons.
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This transforms the silica gels
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Into transparent solids
That are mostly air.
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To demonstrate
The insulating properties
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Of the nanosized pores,
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They aim a blowtorch
Under an aerogel
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With a peanut butter cup
On the top.
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It doesn't melt.
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A technician then
Places the aerogel on a scale
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To confirm its incredible
Low density.
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This aerogel weighs less
Than a nickel.
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Next, using a scoopula,
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Which is a tool
With a v-shaped dent,
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She breaks an aerogel
Into little pieces.
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She inserts the bits
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Into a glass tube
With a bulb at the base.
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She transfers the tube
To a machine
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That measures
How much nitrogen gas
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The aerogel bits take up
At different pressures
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To determine the size
Of the pores
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And the surface area.
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Aerogels can have
Other magical properties.
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To demonstrate,
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She rubs specially treated
Aerogel particles on her hands.
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She then plunges her hands
Into water.
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The aerogel particles
Act like waterproof gloves
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And repel the water.
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This water resistance
Makes aerogels useful
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For a variety of applications.
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They can be added to paint
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Or other things
To make them waterproof
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And add insulating properties.
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Scientists continue to explore
The potential of aerogels.
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A gossamer synthetic material
That weighs almost nothing,
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There's a lot more
To them than it may seem.
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