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So is the material itself 99.99% air, or just the net structure?
by kaffeemitsahne 11y ago
So is the material itself 99.99% air, or just the net structure?
- adrianN 11y agoIf you take the convex hull of a piece of this material, the volume is occupied by mostly air, same as for aerogel, foam and the like.
- espadrine 11y agoThe structure. A thing to note is that the tubes themselves are hollow, a very slim metal cylinder.
- damian2000 11y ago"each strut is about 100 micrometres in diameter, with a wall 100 nanometres thick" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallic_microlattice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallic_microlattice