Subject: Re: Aero-Gel

From: [email-masked] (Stan Bischof)
Date: 7 Jun 1995 19:51:59 GMT

David Tashima (tash) wrote:
: This is true, but it is conceivable to coat the surfaces of the bubbles with
: conductive material in such a way as to create a substantial capacitance.  

Considering that this is probably a closed cell material and 
you need _two_ electrodes for a capacitor it is not at all
obvious how you would go about this!

Any even conceptual suggestions about how you might do this?

If it's an open cell design then making a battery electrode becomes
pretty obvious, but even for open cell I don't see an obvious
way to create two opposed electrodes.

But who knows? any ideas?

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Stan Bischof   Hewlett Packard Company   707-577-3994  [email-masked]
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From: [email-masked] (Harry H Conover)
Date: 8 Jun 1995 13:54:28 GMT

Stan Bischof ([email-masked]) wrote:

: Considering that this is probably a closed cell material and 
: you need _two_ electrodes for a capacitor it is not at all
: obvious how you would go about this!

Once again: "The Devil is in the details."  :-)

Can someone contrast an Aero-Gel with conventional closed cell
structural foam and highlight the major differences?

: If it's an open cell design then making a battery electrode becomes
: pretty obvious, but even for open cell I don't see an obvious
: way to create two opposed electrodes.

I'm still trying to understand which parts of this configuration are
insulating and which are conductive, and how the difference is determined
during manufacturing.  Can anyone help with this?

                                      Harry C.