New Compound May Make Buildings More Energy Efficient

A new kind of long-lasting, environment-safe blue pigment discovered at #-Link-Snipped-# has been reported to have a strange characteristic of reflecting heat, with promises to render buildings more energy efficient. The compound was discovered accidentally in a National Science Foundation funded research three years ago, but has cleared patents just now. Mas Subramanian, a professor at OSU who discovered the compound stated that this blue pigment had infrared heat reflectivity of nearly 40 percent, much higher than a majority of pigments presently in use.

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Researchers say that this compound made at OSU is the best blue pigment so far. Blue pigments have made their way to history, with the Egyptians and Mayan culture making the maximum use of them, but the pigments they used had major disadvantages of being poisonous, expensive or carcinogenic. But this pigment has no such disadvantages to its name, and is extremely safe to use.

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