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Fifty shades of black

05 Nov 2015
Taken from the November 2015 issue of Physics World

Creating dark materials that prevent reflections has become hot competition recently, with Guinness World Records having to keep revising the darkest substance yet created. But depending on who’s asking, the best black may not be the blackest black, as Jon Cartwright discovers

Fade to black
For domestic use, options abound. Pitch black, jack black, lamp black, fine black, velour black, ony

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