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Cool Coating Chills in Sunlight

Feb 13, 2017 · 3 min
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A thin film coating can chill a vat of water to 15 degress Fahrenheit cooler than its surroundings, by absorbing—and then emitting—the sun's infrared rays. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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