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76: The Final Frontier
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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Jul 9, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
We hear about such chemistry-related inventions NASA was involved in during the 1960s and 1970s: Mylar blankets, lithium hydroxide to absorb carbon dioxide, silicate anticorrosion coatings, memory foam, scratch-resistant coatings for lenses, spectroscopic water-quality monitoring, special rubber for tires, antifogging spray for optics, non-flammable cloth, and special tiles for spacecraft re-entry. We learn a bit of how they were made or invented, and why.Support the show Support my podcast at https://www.patreon.com/thehistoryofchemistry Tell me how your life relates to chemistry! E-mail me at [email protected] Get my book, O Mg! How Chemistry Came to Be, from World Scientific Publishing, https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/12670#t=aboutBook
Released:
Jul 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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