Y’all have heard about Lamborghini’s crazy Reventón- costs a million euros, looks insane, and it is really, really fast. It’s also made out of the best materials there are. Apparently, Lamborghini just decided that the Revénton thermal barrier wasn’t spiffy enough, so they hired Zircotec, a leading automotive coating specialist, to make it better. You can check the whole thing out here.
Usual paint isn’t a good choice for coating heat-sensitive items, as it is too hot for the paint to handle. Zircotec, however, uses a coating called Diamond Black, which is currently awaiting a patent. What’s special about it, from what I gather, is that it is plasma sprayed, which welds (sorta) it to the metal, and it lasts longer, is more resilient to heat and abrasion, and it is a glossy black, so it looks good.
It’s also a zirconia based ceramic which has a thermal efficiency of less than 1.7 W/m K, which I’m guessing is good. When used on the exhausts, like with the Reventón’s, it stands up very well to shock, vibration, and mechanical damage. Also, it works by trapping radiation, holding the heat inside.
So put it all together and you get better exhausts. Making the Lamborghini Reventón even better than “normal”.
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