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=Basics= | =Basics= | ||
*Essentially charcoal made from a airated/pourous material | *Essentially charcoal made from a airated/pourous material | ||
*Anything from bread, to a | *Anything from bread, to a cellulosic purpose made lattice, selected types of wood, machined wood, purpose formulated polymers, or a chemical reaction like those used in "Black Snake Fireworks" can be used as a source material | ||
*Useful as an insulator or ablative material, may also have use as an electrode? need to test conductivity, but the high surface area would be useful, may make good substrate perhaps? | *Useful as an insulator or ablative material, may also have use as an electrode? need to test conductivity, but the high surface area would be useful, may make good substrate perhaps? | ||
*Can also be used as a refractory material, although it ablates and thus falls | *Can also be used as a refractory material, although it ablates and thus falls apart after long term use | ||
*Precarbonisation is useful, but the core material doesn't | *Precarbonisation is useful, but the core material doesn't necessarily need to be | ||
*It also, due to insulation and ablation, cools very quickly | *It also, due to insulation and ablation, cools very quickly | ||
*addition of baking soda also adds a useful effect according to nighthawkinflight's | *addition of baking soda also adds a useful effect according to nighthawkinflight's YouTube video | ||
*China Has Used Wooden Heat Shields for Atmospheric Reentry with their FSW Satellites using White Oak Wood, this wasn't precarbonised, or highly foamed, but uses a similar method | *China Has Used Wooden Heat Shields for Atmospheric Reentry with their FSW Satellites using White Oak Wood, this wasn't precarbonised, or highly foamed, but uses a similar method | ||
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*[[Biochar]] | *[[Biochar]] | ||
*[[Ablative Material]] | *[[Ablative Material]] | ||
*[[Carbon Foam Rigid Panel Insulation]] | |||
*[[Insulation]] | |||
*[[Rigid Panel Insulation]] | |||
=External Links= | =External Links= | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlite The Wikipedia Page on Starlite, a "secret" material that is rumored to be a similar concept] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlite The Wikipedia Page on Starlite, a "secret" material that is rumored to be a similar concept] | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanhui_Shi_Weixing The Wikipedia Page on The FSW Series of Chinese Satellites | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanhui_Shi_Weixing The Wikipedia Page on The FSW Series of Chinese Satellites] | ||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqR4_UoBIzY NightHawkInflight's Video and Version/Replication of Starlite] | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqR4_UoBIzY NightHawkInflight's Video and Version/Replication of Starlite] | ||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wex_yKfrTo4 AvE's Bread Method] | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wex_yKfrTo4 AvE's Bread Method] | ||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytZ5jxZOMaE A Video on China's Wood Heat Shields, with references in the description] | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytZ5jxZOMaE A Video on China's Wood Heat Shields, with references in the description] |
Latest revision as of 23:39, 22 June 2021
Basics
- Essentially charcoal made from a airated/pourous material
- Anything from bread, to a cellulosic purpose made lattice, selected types of wood, machined wood, purpose formulated polymers, or a chemical reaction like those used in "Black Snake Fireworks" can be used as a source material
- Useful as an insulator or ablative material, may also have use as an electrode? need to test conductivity, but the high surface area would be useful, may make good substrate perhaps?
- Can also be used as a refractory material, although it ablates and thus falls apart after long term use
- Precarbonisation is useful, but the core material doesn't necessarily need to be
- It also, due to insulation and ablation, cools very quickly
- addition of baking soda also adds a useful effect according to nighthawkinflight's YouTube video
- China Has Used Wooden Heat Shields for Atmospheric Reentry with their FSW Satellites using White Oak Wood, this wasn't precarbonised, or highly foamed, but uses a similar method
Internal Links
- Charcoal
- Biochar
- Ablative Material
- Carbon Foam Rigid Panel Insulation
- Insulation
- Rigid Panel Insulation
External Links
- The Wikipedia Page on Starlite, a "secret" material that is rumored to be a similar concept
- The Wikipedia Page on The FSW Series of Chinese Satellites
- NightHawkInflight's Video and Version/Replication of Starlite
- AvE's Bread Method
- A Video on China's Wood Heat Shields, with references in the description