Prince.Skeletor
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This is great, i'd be all over my house like...
Scientist have developed paint thay could eliminate need for air conditioning
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Chrishaune
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Why would you use this in places that have a real winter?
Scientists created the world's whitest paint. It could eliminate the need for air conditioning.
Whitest paint in world created at Purdue, may help curb global warming
DOYLE RICE | USA TODAY | 8:54 am EDT September 29, 2021
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
A fresh new coat of paint could mean no need for an AC when the product comes to market.
BUZZ60, BUZZ60
The whitest paint in the world has been created in a lab at Purdue University, a paint so white that it could eventually reduce or even eliminate the need for air conditioning, scientists say.
The paint has now made it into the Guinness World Records book as the whitest ever made.
So why did the scientists create such a paint? It turns out that breaking a world record wasn't the goal of the researchers: Curbing global warming was.
“When we started this project about seven years ago, we had saving energy and fighting climate change in mind,” said Xiulin Ruan, a professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue, in a statement.
The idea was to make a paint that would reflect sunlight away from a building, researchers said.
Xiulin Ruan, a Purdue University professor of mechanical engineering, and his students have created the whitest paint on record.
PURDUE UNIVERSITY/JOHN UNDERWOOD
Making this paint really reflective, however, also made it really white, according to Purdue University. The paint reflects 98.1% of solar radiation while also emitting infrared heat. Because the paint absorbs less heat from the sun than it emits, a surface coated with this paint is cooled below the surrounding temperature without consuming power.
Using this new paint to cover a roof area of about 1,000 square feet could result in a cooling power of 10 kilowatts. “That’s more powerful than the air conditioners used by most houses,” Ruan said.
Typical commercial white paint gets warmer rather than cooler. Paints on the market that are designed to reject heat reflect only 80% to 90% of sunlight and can’t make surfaces cooler than their surroundings.
Two features make this paint ultra-white: a very high concentration of a chemical compound called barium sulfate – also used in photo paper and cosmetics – and different particle sizes of barium sulfate in the paint, scientists at Purdue said.
Researchers at Purdue have partnered with a company to put this ultra-white paint on the market, according to a news release.
'Worst is yet to come': Disastrous future ahead for millions worldwide due to climate change, report warns
Xiulin Ruan, a Purdue University professor of mechanical engineering, holds up his lab’s sample of the whitest paint on record.
PURDUE UNIVERSITY/JARED PIKE
Originally Published 12:35 pm EDT September 17, 2021
Updated 8:54 am EDT September 29, 2021
Whitest paint in world created at Purdue, may help curb global warming
DOYLE RICE | USA TODAY | 8:54 am EDT September 29, 2021
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- The paint has now made it into the Guinness World Records book as the whitest ever made.
- The idea was to make a paint that would reflect sunlight away from a building.
- The paint reflects 98.1% of solar radiation while also emitting infrared heat.
A fresh new coat of paint could mean no need for an AC when the product comes to market.
BUZZ60, BUZZ60
The whitest paint in the world has been created in a lab at Purdue University, a paint so white that it could eventually reduce or even eliminate the need for air conditioning, scientists say.
The paint has now made it into the Guinness World Records book as the whitest ever made.
So why did the scientists create such a paint? It turns out that breaking a world record wasn't the goal of the researchers: Curbing global warming was.
“When we started this project about seven years ago, we had saving energy and fighting climate change in mind,” said Xiulin Ruan, a professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue, in a statement.
The idea was to make a paint that would reflect sunlight away from a building, researchers said.
Xiulin Ruan, a Purdue University professor of mechanical engineering, and his students have created the whitest paint on record.
PURDUE UNIVERSITY/JOHN UNDERWOOD
Making this paint really reflective, however, also made it really white, according to Purdue University. The paint reflects 98.1% of solar radiation while also emitting infrared heat. Because the paint absorbs less heat from the sun than it emits, a surface coated with this paint is cooled below the surrounding temperature without consuming power.
Using this new paint to cover a roof area of about 1,000 square feet could result in a cooling power of 10 kilowatts. “That’s more powerful than the air conditioners used by most houses,” Ruan said.
Typical commercial white paint gets warmer rather than cooler. Paints on the market that are designed to reject heat reflect only 80% to 90% of sunlight and can’t make surfaces cooler than their surroundings.
Two features make this paint ultra-white: a very high concentration of a chemical compound called barium sulfate – also used in photo paper and cosmetics – and different particle sizes of barium sulfate in the paint, scientists at Purdue said.
Researchers at Purdue have partnered with a company to put this ultra-white paint on the market, according to a news release.
'Worst is yet to come': Disastrous future ahead for millions worldwide due to climate change, report warns
Xiulin Ruan, a Purdue University professor of mechanical engineering, holds up his lab’s sample of the whitest paint on record.
PURDUE UNIVERSITY/JARED PIKE
Originally Published 12:35 pm EDT September 17, 2021
Updated 8:54 am EDT September 29, 2021
DatNkkaCutty
Veteran
I like the sound of that
KyokushinKarateMan
Train hard, fight easy
And so it begins 
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Elim Garak
Veteran
This is very interesting.
yeah but you gotta keep it clean in order for it to work.
Doobie Doo
Veteran
I like the sound of that
And so it begins
An Asian made the whitest paint in the world
Which was the plan since the 60s.
MajesticLion
Veteran
After vantablack and the other one - I forget the name right now - this is just natural progression. 
humminbird
Veteran
Apple in the cut like
we'll take all of it
we'll take all of it
DamienWayne
Superstar
Imagine vanta black next to this vanta whiteAfter vantablack and the other one - I forget the name right now - this is just natural progression.
Louisville Slugz
Superstar
That white is pure