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Aerogel - A Little Bit of Almost Nothing. NASA. Sept. 2003. Jet Propulsion Lab. Nov. 2007. <http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/welcome/aerogel.html>.

Aerogel- Mystifying Blue Smoke. NASA. Sept. 2003. Jet Propulsion Lab. Oct. 2007 <http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/aerogel_factsheet.pdf>.

 

Aerogel Blanket. Aspen Aerogels. Oct. 2007 <http://www.aerogel.com/Aspen_Aerogels_Company.pdf>.

Aerogel in Green Building Products. Cabot. Oct.2007 <http://w1.cabot-corp.com/controller.jsp?entry=product&N=23+4294967252+1000+4294967251>.

 

Aerogel in Hand. Aerogel Photos. NASA. Jan. 2004 <http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/photo/aerogel.html>.

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Aerogel Over Wristwatch. Aerogel. 2006. <http://www.tonyboon.co.uk/aerogel/aerogel.htm#Facts >.


Aerogel Supporting a Brick. Aerogel Photos. NASA. Jan. 2004 <http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/photo/aerogel.html>.

Banke, Jim. "Staying Warm with 'Frozen Smoke' of Aerogel." Space.Com. 07 Jan. 2004. Oct. 2007 <http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/tech_wed_040107.html>.


Breon, Susan, ed. "Cosmic Dust Collection in Aerogel." Advances in Cryogenic Engineering: Proceedings of the Cryogenic Engineering Conference 47 (2002): 1-8. Oct. 2007.

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Burchell, Mark F., Giles Graham, and Anton Kearsley. "Cosmic dust collection in aerogel. " Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science. 34 (Annual 2006): 385-418. Expanded Academic ASAP. Gale. Iowa State University Library. 6 Oct. 2007 <http://find.galegroup.com/itx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T002&prodId=EAIM&docId=A148783699&source=gale&srcprod=EAIM&userGroupName=iastu_main&version=1.0>.

"Case Study." Aspen Aerogels. 2006. Oct. 2007 <http://www.aerogel.com/markets/c_tube.html>.

 

Crayons on Aerogel Over a Flame. Aerogel Photos. NASA. Jan. 2004 <http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/photo/aerogel.html>.


"Current Research Interests." Materials Synthesis and Processing Laboratory. 2004. Univeristy of North Texas. Oct. 2007. <http://www.mtsc.unt.edu/faculty/reidy/materials_synthesis_and_processi.htm>.

 

Dust Collector with Aerogel. Aerogel Photos. NASA. Jan. 2004 <http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/photo/spacecraft.html#aerogel>.

 

Flower on Aerogel Over a Flame. Aerogel Photos. NASA. Jan. 2004 <http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/photo/aerogel.html>.

 

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Matches on Aerogel Over a Flame. Aerogel Photos. NASA. Jan. 2004 <http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/photo/aerogel.html>.


Nogami, Tatsuya, Rie Sakai, and Takeshi Hosoya. "Liquid Coating Composition Forming a Liquid Crystal Display Element Insulating Film." Patentstorm. 23 Dec. 1997. 06 Oct. 2007 <http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5700391-claims.html>.


Particle Tracks in Aerogel. Stadust Multimedia. NASA. Jan. 2004 <http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/photo/aerogel.html>.

Raw Blanket. Systems for Delivering Aerogels. Aspen Aerogels. Oct. 2007 <http://www.aerogel.com/features/systems.html>.

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Spice, Byron, ed. "What's an Aerogel?" Post-Gazette 21 Oct. 2002. Oct. 2007 <http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20021021antarcticsidesci4p4.asp>.

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"Tetramethoxysilane." Science Lab. 2005. Oct. 2007 <http://www.sciencelab.com/page/S/PVAR/10427/SLT2203>.


Through the Looking Glass. The Silica Aerogels Photo Gallery, Berkeley Lab. <http://fourier.mech.virginia.edu/~microhx/windowpane.html>.

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