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Aerogel

This cart demonstration introduces the nanomaterial aerogel, a glass nanofoam. Visitors learn how aerogel is made, how well it insulates, and learn about its other unique properties. They see real aerogel and feel how well it insulates.
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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
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Heat Transfer

Exploring Properties - Heat Transfer

"Exploring Properties - Heat Transfer" is a hands-on activity in which visitors investigate how quickly heat is transferred through two different materials. They learn that graphene is a very good conductor of heat and that the way a material behaves...

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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
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NanoDays kit
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Adventures at Nanoscale: Superconductivity video screenshot

Adventures at Nanoscale: Superconductivity video

This video follows the adventures of youth characters and their subatomic alter egos to explore how electrical conductors and high temperature superconductors work. This video was made as part of the Quarked! website (www.quarked.org), a grant-funded collaboration by the University...
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Linked Products
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Snowflakes: Nano at its Coolest

"Snowflakes" is a public presentation that introduces nanoscale science through the subject of snowflakes. Visitors learn that the complex structure of snowflakes results from the nanoscale arrangement of water molecules in an ice crystal, and that snowflakes are examples of...

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Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
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