Blackest thing on Earth...
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'B')lack is getting blacker.
Researchers in New York reported this month that they have created a paper-thin material that absorbs 99.955 percent of the light that hits it, making it by far the darkest substance ever made -- about 30 times as dark as the government's current standard for blackest black.
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Black, Blacker, Blackest
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Re: Black, Blacker, Blackest
by BigTex » Wed 20 Feb 2008, 00:15:13
Wow, I always thought that the blackest would be something like a piece of charcoal in a darkroom at midnight.
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Re: Black, Blacker, Blackest
by Prince » Wed 20 Feb 2008, 00:17:01
A topic on material science... From the title alone I thought for sure this was another thread on Obama.
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Re: Black, Blacker, Blackest
by PenultimateManStanding » Wed 20 Feb 2008, 00:22:30
Turn those Machines back On! - Don Ameche in Trading Places
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Re: Black, Blacker, Blackest
by Zardoz » Wed 20 Feb 2008, 00:53:52
A dollar says this thread ends up in the Hall Of Flames.
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Re: Black, Blacker, Blackest
by dinopello » Wed 20 Feb 2008, 01:03:23
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Zardoz', 'A') dollar says this thread ends up in the Hall Of Flames.
Only if PMS and me get into a video flame war
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Re: Black, Blacker, Blackest
by Narz » Wed 20 Feb 2008, 03:40:27
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Zardoz', 'A') dollar says this thread ends up in the Hall Of Flames.
“Seek simplicity but distrust it”
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