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A new cooling fabric technology using a chalk-based coating can decrease temperatures by 8°F by reflecting sunlight. This eco-friendly solution offers a durable, energy-free cooling option suitable for various outdoor activities. Credit: American Chemical Society
“If you walk out into the sunlight, you will get increasingly hot because your body and clothing are absorbing ultraviolet and near-infrared light from the sun,” says Trisha L. Andrew, a chemist and materials scientist working with Patamia. “And as long as you’re alive, your body is generating heat, which can be thought of as light, too.”
So, inspired by the crushed limestone-based plasters used historically to keep houses cool in extremely sunny places, Patamia and Yee worked on innovating a process to integrate calcium carbonate — the main component in limestone and chalk — as well as bio-compatible barium sulfate onto the polymer applied by CVD. Small particles of calcium carbonate are good at reflecting visible and near-IR wavelengths, and barium sulfate particles reflect UV light.
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