Vantablack, one of the darkest substances known(en.wikipedia.org)

12 pointsby kilovoltaire7 ปีที่แล้ว4 comments

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack

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dsl7 ปีที่แล้ว

One of the most common uses [1] for Vantablack is coating satellites so they don't reflect light in to celestial navigation [2] sensors. Of course spy satellites are also covered in the stuff (there is even a variant that is highly effective on visible and infrared light).

1. https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-01-13/vantablack-wh...

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_navigation

scarpino7 ปีที่แล้ว

But its MOST common use is for furthering the hilarious feud between Stuart Semple and Anish Kapoor.

shdh7 ปีที่แล้ว

Semple also sells a competing product, although I'm not sure how it compares to Vantablack.

http://stuartsemple.com/project/black-v1-0-beta-worlds-matte...

george_perez7 ปีที่แล้ว