vantablack: the blackest of black

• Jul 23, 2014

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Dr_Evil

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So there's a new material that has been made that is supposedly the blackest man made stuff. I wonder how well it would hold up to high power lasers as a backstop.

Fade to 'Vantablack': Scientists Invent a Material So Black Your Eyes Can't See It | Entrepreneur.com

 

Last edited: Jul 23, 2014

• Jul 23, 2014

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I like it

 

• Jul 23, 2014

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Softest audio ever. Other than that, it might be useful for LPM coatings.

 

• Jul 23, 2014

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Oh yeah, Chuck Norris will want a few meters of that stuff!

 

• Jul 24, 2014

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Sounds like they miniaturized the classical beam dump using material that already has decent absorption, and I'm guessing tuned length to provide attenuation of UV and IR as well. I still think someday nanotubes will be implicated in some sort of horrible disease epidemic. But I'm just jealous.