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Nissan develops paint that keeps cars cool in summer heat (www.asahi.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Nissan Motor Co. said it has developed a new type of paint that significantly reduces the temperature inside vehicles parked in direct sunlight.

The surface of a car coated with the innovative material remains up to 12 degrees cooler than that of a vehicle with standard paint, tests showed.

The company said the coating material can help rein in the temperature rise not only on the car's body but also in the vehicle when exposed to direct sunlight.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 7 months ago

Is it white paint?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Twelve degrees what? A degree Celsius is more than twice a degree in Fahrenheit.

State your units, FFS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

The scientific consensus is that unless otherwise stated it's Celsius.

In scientific papers you just write 14° you don't need to specify the unit.

So I'm just going to use that rule and assume Celsius.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

I will assume celsius since the IR image shows around 45 and 35 degrees in direct sunlight.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

1kg is more than twice 1lb (2.2lbs) but 1C is only 1.8F

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

And 1m is only 12 crayons.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

As someone living in Wisconsin with salty road winters, I'll say that Nissan's reputation is mostly trash here based specifically on their paint

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

As someone who used to live there, I'll say that Wisconsin's reputation is mostly trash based specifically on their winters

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Also being the Alabama of the North.

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