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Make metal float by painting it!

 
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 12:20 am    Post subject: Make metal float by painting it! Reply with quote
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This stuff is so black you can't see it and so hydrophobic it can't get wet.

_The blackest material on Earth can make dense metal float


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Robert (Butch) Day
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 5:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
So what would happen if you built a Seaview or The Nautilus out of this stuff? Would you get The Flying Sub?
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 10:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Robert (Butch) Day wrote:
So what would happen if you built a Seaview or The Nautilus out of this stuff? Would you get The Flying Sub?

No, you'd get a sub that wouldn't submerge and you couldn't find in the dark. Very Happy
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