| Aerogel | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Type | Solid Block |
| Physics | No |
| Transparency | Yes |
| Luminance | No |
| Blast resistance | 6000 |
| Hardness | 1 |
| Tool | 
|
| Renewable | No |
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Flammable | No |
| Drops | Itself |
| Data value | See Data values |
| ID Name | See Data values |
“Found in dungeons. Incredibly high TNT resistance”
—Book of Lore
Aerogel is a type of block found in the Aether.
Contents
Obtaining
Aerogel requires a pickaxe to be obtained, in which when mined, it will drop itself. If mined without a pickaxe, it will drop nothing and be destroyed. Aerogel can be obtained by pouring Lava in the Aether.
| Block |  Aerogel
|
|---|---|
| Hardness | 1 |
| Tool |
|
 Breaking time
| |
| Hand | 5 |
| Skyroot | 0.76 |
| Holystone | 0.46 |
| Zanite and Valkyrie* | 0.38 |
| Gravitite | 0.26 |
*Times are from unenchanted tools in seconds, and Zanite with max durability.
Usage
Aerogel is resistant to explosions, more so than other blocks, and is resistant as overworld Obsidian.
Crafting ingredient
Trivia
- Aerogel is an actual material in real life, a gel where a component of it has been replaced with a gas. It is extremely lightweight, an excellent thermal insulator, yet very resistant to explosions, and has the lowest bulk density of any known porous solid in history. It is nicknamed frozen smoke, solid smoke, solid air, or blue smoke, and feels like expanded polystyrene (styrofoam) to the touch.
- The Book of Lore description is misleading, as Aerogel can no longer be found in Dungeons
Data values
Aerogel's data values are:
| Name | ID name | DV |
| Aerogel
|
aether:aerogel | 181 (dec), B5 (hex), 10110101 (bin) |
Issues
Issues relating to Aerogel block are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues for Aerogel there.
History
The Aether
- Initial release: Introduced
- 1.02:
- Aerogel no longer appears in dungeon chests
- Pouring Lava in the Aether now spawns Aerogel
- 1.04: Lava now turns into Aerogel instead of Obsidian when placed in the Aether
Aether II
- Initial release: Introduced
- 1.7.10-1.5: Aerogel render fixed
Upcoming
- 1.10b1: Removed, replaced by Crude Scatterglass
Gallery
Overworld Aerogel
Aerogel's real life appearance, a sample held by Peter Tsou at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in the California Institute of Technology.
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