World's whitest paint now thinner than ever, ideal for vehicles

https://phys.org/news/2022-10-world-whitest-thinner-ideal-vehicles

"nanoporous paint incorporating hexagonal boron nitride... solar reflectance (97.9%)... single 150-micron layer paint... radiant cooling cars, trains and airplanes... Hexagonal boron nitride high refractive index, strong scattering of sunlight... effective bouncing back solar radiation... incorporates voids air... porous on nanoscale... weighs 80% less than barium sulfate paint... cool airplanes, cars or trains... airplane sitting on tarmac won't run air conditioning as hard... Spacecraft"

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