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Aerogels

From biowaste to feather-light insulators

Eleanor Konik
Nov 16, 2020
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Flower atop aerogel sliver atop flame, not burning, via Wikipedia

While working on the magic system for my novel Civil Mage, which I recently described as "a screed about the importance of basic infrastructure reform and the evils of NIMBYism," my husband suggested I base the magic material off of aerogels, which necessitated quite a lot of interesting research.

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