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Wouldn't aerogels let almost all of the laser's energy through?
by moring 4y ago
Wouldn't aerogels let almost all of the laser's energy through?
- azernik 4y agoThe aerogels would be thermal insulators under an opaque coating. My Children of a Dead Earth favorite is a thin layer of something reflective for short-burst thermal reflection, under that something that can take high temperatures like carbon-carbon for sustained lasers, and then a big slab of aerogel to keep that heat off of the more delicate bits.