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Cool. Might be able to do even better with self-cooling paint [0,1] during the day to reject heat and Vantablack [2] at night to radiate it? (although I wonder
by toss1 3y ago
Cool. Might be able to do even better with self-cooling paint [0,1] during the day to reject heat and Vantablack [2] at night to radiate it? (although I wonder how Vantablack would do at radiating with its microstructured surface)
[0] https://www.parc.com/technologies/self-cooling-paint/ https://www.parc.com/technologies/self-cooling-paint/
[1] https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2021/Q2/the-whitest-paint-is-here-and-its-the-coolest.-literally..html https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2021/Q2/the-whitest...
[2] https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-01-13/vantablack-where-is-it-being-used/8175042 https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-01-13/vantablack-wh...
- alpaca128 3y agoThat self-cooling paint works at night as well. It's not just white paint that reflects light, it also radiates heat pretty well. The YT channel NigthHawkInLight developed a variation that can be produced with (more or less) household ingredients and it cools to 3-4 degrees below ambient temperature if I remember correctly.