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Starlite as high temp insulation material ?

metalresearcher - 28-1-2019 at 11:15

I found on this Youtube channel that Starlite is invented as a very high temperature resistant material invented by a British chemist, but it is never published or patented and the inventor has deceased without revealing any details.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlite

But a compatible stuff can be made with starch, baking soda and glue.

Nighthawkinglight showerd how to make it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqR4_UoBIzY

Here experiments of Beyond the Press:

Against oxyacetylene burner:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0anEMZs9zHE
Against plasma cutter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wvTXDjwrLI

This would be an excellent furnace insulator. Did anyone experiment with it ?

Ubya - 28-1-2019 at 11:39

good insulator, but not good for a furnace lining. the carhon foam it creates will eventually be burned buy the prolonged fire in a furnace, we are not talking of minutes, but probably days of firing. carbonized bread is also a good insulator, there's a post here somewhere, still carbon foam though

mayko - 28-1-2019 at 17:50

Yup! I still have a couple of pieces:
https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=84...