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   jeff (jeff@mk.magicka.org)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Jul-2025 10:18:32 JST jeff

   the usa has been covertly killing scientists since the 1950s. anyone that makes any real break throughs in certain subjects are quickly snuffed out before they can formalize their theory.

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     brokenshakles (brokenshakles@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 14:03:17 JST brokenshakles

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     @CliffSecord @Jonny @jeff @Patricles I see, I presume if we drive the temperature down too far we exit the sublimation zone on the phase shift graph and enter the melt region?
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     Jonny (jonny@annihilation.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 14:03:17 JST Jonny

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     @dcc can I murder these people?
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     Cliff Secord (cliffsecord@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 14:03:18 JST Cliff Secord

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     One of my colleagues asked a similar question, but the pressures and temperatures must be what they are for this saturation infusion and supercritical drying process to work. Otherwise the matrix will not progress past the appearance and consistency of what thots wipe off their faces a couple nights a week.
     
     All this said, there are some sharp cats out there trying to make aerogels possible that are larger in size, stronger, more flexible & durable and can be made at more realistic & safer working pressures and lower production times. The advantages of the material are clear and the commercial potential is immense, to say nothing about its environmental friendliness & sustainability. It will revolutionize the insulation and composite material sectors and the industries they serve when they figure it out.
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     Cliff Secord (cliffsecord@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 14:03:19 JST Cliff Secord

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     That may or may not be the ticket, as you will need to be using liquified CO2 to make this stuff, and in the supercritical drying process you're looking at a vapor pressure within the dryer on the order of around 750 psi at a room temperature of 15C (59 F), 850 psi at 25C (77F).
     
     This condition would then need to be maintained for 2-3 days depending on the matrix so the liquid CO2 can infuse into the gel mixture.
     
     The supercritical drying part requires an even higher chamber pressure of around 1,400 psi. With a safety factor of 1.5, that comes out to 2,100 psi, so you're effectively engineering for 2,250 psi.
     
     www.aerogel.org/?p=1344
     
     2,250 psi over a large surface area means a lot of force within the vessel. In the event of a catastrophic failure, even 1,400 psi is both explosive & lethal.
     
     Not to worry, this can be solved with White engineering, and some money.
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     brokenshakles (brokenshakles@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 14:03:19 JST brokenshakles

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     @CliffSecord @Jonny @jeff @Patricles Why not do a double container with cryo-cooling on the outside? Really drive down the inner vessel temperature so that can you can drive down the working pressure. It may or may not be cheaper than a vessel that can withstand 150 bar, but it may be worth considering.
     
     Square/Cube gains in working vessel size also apply.
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     Patricles (patricles@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 14:03:20 JST Patricles

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     @CliffSecord @brokenshakles @Jonny @jeff They make industrial freeze dryers for the pharmaceutical industry that are about that size footprint, actually a little bigger and are at least 8 feet tall. Probably overkill and too expensive but there might be less intense options. They use them to remove moisture from ingredients prior to adding them to vials.
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     brokenshakles (brokenshakles@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 14:03:21 JST brokenshakles

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     @CliffSecord @Jonny @jeff Yea, if we could make 4x8 foamboard out of this, it would also be useful for large-scale structural insulation.
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     Cliff Secord (cliffsecord@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 14:03:21 JST Cliff Secord

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     The sample alumina x-aerogel cores we have trialled have worked very well with the resins we use. Good resin flow and zero absorption. Nearly the same properties as Divinycell H80, but completely fire retardant....and nearly 1:1000th of the density.
     
     According to our project partner, the process is not super complex to formulate it, as it is safely done at room temperature, but the challenge is in what they call 'supercritical drying'....aka freeze-drying.
     
     The production of foam core materials involves some really toxic shit. Aerogel? Nowhere near as much.
     
     If we can figure out how to design a supercritical dryer that can allow for multiple high-quality 4x8 sheets of varying thickness to be made at once, consistently, there is a legitimate opportunity to corner multiple markets.
     
     https://www.aerogel.org/?cat=54
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     Jonny (jonny@annihilation.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 14:03:22 JST Jonny

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     The biggest mistake that scientists make is that they don't open source their efforts. They try too keep their inventions a secret for mass profits. The problem is that the jews always find out and suicide them.
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     Cliff Secord (cliffsecord@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 14:03:22 JST Cliff Secord

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     This is actually an excellent point. Open-sourcing breeds innovation, because the ecosystem self-filters, meaning that shit applications, shit ideas, are naturally eliminated from contention, making way for the genuine, better ideas & apps to come to the forefront.
     
     On the software front, Linux, Python, MatPlotLib, OpenFOAM, Calculix, FreeCAD, QBlade & XFLR-5 et al have proven themselves to be phenomenal engineering platforms, far superior to their obscenely overpriced commercial counterparts.
     
     There are great open-source hardware platforms out there such as Arduino, ArduPilot. A group called Perrin Engineering open sourced the design initiatives for a Formula 1 car as well as an FIA LMP1 prototype, the work of which strongly informed the Vanwall LMH project.
     
     One of the wildest things NASA released to the ecosystem is a crazy material called aerogel. A literal gas in solid form, it was originally formulated as an insulator for deep space probes, and now, independent innovators have figured out how to turn it into a flexible composite core material. We're doing some trials of the stuff in infused carbon composite layups and have gotten some good results. If the guy making it figures out how to make large sheets, cheaply (a major challenge), our aircraft project stands to lose close to 190 pounds of mass while retaining structural performance!
     
     Also, this shit is way better an insulating material than fiberglass!
     
     https://www.aerogel.org/