Cool Blue Manganese Compound Has 40 Percent Heat Reflectivity
Sunday, June 3, 2012 - 15:00
in Physics & Chemistry
A new durable, environmentally-benign (we all hope) blue pigment has also been found to have unusual characteristics in reflecting heat - it's much better at it than most blue pigments in use. The compound just received patent approval and was discovered by Oregon State University scientists who were instead studying some materials for their electrical properties. read more