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From: carl.giles@circellar.com
Subject: AEROGEL WILL BE USED IN M
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Date: Tue, 21 Mar 95 23:53:38 -0500
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    Ron Baalke said:
> Peter Tsou's pioneering work on aerogel over the last decade. And 
> there are commercial applications also."
>    A host of investigators are now seeking commercial applications 
> for this nearly weightless, translucent material. Possibilities 
> include use as insulation for refrigerators and security safes, 
> filters in advanced automobile catalytic converters and high-
> efficiency battery electrodes. 
 
  I don't know if it's the same material, but POLYDAX has a line 
of woofers for HI-FI bass reproduction using "Aerogel" cones.
 
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