A photo from open sources
The lightest artificial material on our planet is graphene airgel. Its authors were scientists of Zhejiang University of China. Airgel has a surprisingly low density – just sixteen milligrams per cubic centimeter.
Such fantastic characteristics of the material are impressive, especially visually, because a relatively large piece of graphene airgels can be placed on the most delicate petals of a living flower or what other plant and he will not do them any harm, remaining as if soaring in the air.
A photo from open sources
Moreover, this fantastic material, like a sponge, is easy absorbs moisture, any liquids, and with an incredibly huge speed. Given this unique property of airgel, coupled with its incredible ease, Chinese scientists suggest that in the future their ultralight airgel can be used to perform many practical tasks, say, for collecting from the surface of the ocean oil stains.
A photo from open sources
Graphene airgel only seems fragile and delicate, in fact in fact, it is very flexible and elastic, and quickly recovers its original form after mechanical action on it. We can assume that soon we will see it in household appliances.
China Plants
