Darkest Manmade Material (IMAGE)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Darkest Manmade Material

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The new darkest manmade material, with its 0.045 percent reflectance (center), is noticeably darker than the 1.4 percent NIST reflectance standard (left) and a piece of glassy carbon (right).

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Rensselaer

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