What is the Best Reflective Material for a Solar Cooker?

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The discussion focuses on finding the best reflective material for a solar cooker designed to concentrate sunlight effectively. While standard mirrors offer 100% reflectivity, their rigidity poses challenges for the cooker’s satellite shape. Alternatives like metallic paint, when polished to a mirror finish, are suggested as potentially effective and more flexible options. Participants acknowledge that while achieving perfect reflectivity may be costly, less effective materials could still meet the cooking needs. Overall, the conversation explores practical solutions for enhancing solar cooking efficiency.
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I am planning to build a http://solarcooking.org/plans/DATS.htm" that van cook food as fast and hot as possible. I was wondering what is the best reflective material for concentrating the sun's rays into a single point.

A standard mirror is obviously the best because it's 100% reflective, but it's not flexible enough considering the satellite shape of the cooker. I was thinking of http://www.cascadelaser.com/mhr2x75.html" .

I was wondering if they're better alternatives.

Thanks!
 
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Just a thought, not sure how well it would work, but if you got some metallic paint, sprayed it onto a dish and polished it to mirror shine it might have properties good enough for what you need.

I think getting 100% would be pretty expensive and unfeasible for this purpose, but some less effective alternatives might just do the trick.
 
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