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(Smithsonian Magazine)   Whitest paint ever to make the world cooler, probably by appropriating music and fashion from world's blackest paint   (smithsonianmag.com) divider line
    More: Cool, Global warming, Boron nitride, HVAC, ultra-white paint, Engineering, mechanical engineer, Earth, Purdue University  
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641 clicks; posted to STEM » on 06 Oct 2022 at 1:35 PM (24 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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2022-10-06 11:09:54 AM  
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What if you used that and VANTA black on a Crookes Radiometer?
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//I had a hell of a time figuring what that thing was called
//You can just Google thing that spins in light
 
2022-10-06 3:19:36 PM  
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Is this ultra-white paint developed using Titanium Dioxide?  Because that leads to soil contamination with Dioxins
 
2022-10-06 2:19:58 PM  
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Incog_Neeto: So if you painted every roof in the world with this paint would it have any appreciable effect on global warming?


Only until they got dirty.
 
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