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celestial firebrick ............aerogel

updated tue 4 feb 03

 

Ditmar on sun 2 feb 03


I won't discuss the loss.

The technology of "ceramics" is an interesting read.=20

http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/tech/aerogel.html

This is only a very small part of the high temperature refractory =
research.=20

To all those who bitch about the high cost of high tech =
refractoriness........get real !!!
Try getting a cone 42 ( !!! ) kiln, and working with it !!

Ditmar