Making aerogel

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It has taken many months, but I was finally able to make a decent aerogel!

Procedure resources: https://www.aerogel.org and https://bit.ly/g4gsf2s

Video References:
• Veritasium video: https://youtu.be/AeJ9q45PfD0
• Applied Science video: https://youtu.be/X24np30GS2o

NileBlue pressure chamber video: https://youtu.be/JslxPjrMzqY

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Chapters:
00:00 - What Makes Aerogel Unique
00:52 - How I can Make It Myself
01:46 - The First Step: Making The Gel Solution
04:16 - Shaping The Gel is Hard
07:17 - Making The Gels
12:11 - Why Just Drying The Gel Doesn't Work
14:30 - We Need Supercritical Drying
22:25 - Run 1: The Pressure is On
34:45 - Run 2: Controlling The Temperature
38:04 - Final Results

Music in credits (Walker by SORRYSINES): https://soundcloud.com/sorrysines/walker