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Revision as of 14:15, 3 May 2022
Basics
- A gel with the liquid replaced with a gas
- Tends to be ultralight, very insulative to convective and conducttive heat (not radiative however)
Used For
- Many, many things
- Insulation
- Catalysts
- Optics
- Chemical Absorbant (For spill cleanups etc)
- Electronics (Supercapacitors)
- High Tech/Scientific Research Use Cases
- Aircraft (Lighter internal structure, electric deicing)
Useful Links
- Wikipedia Page on Aerogel
- An Information Page (aerogel.org) says open source? has instructions and info mainly
- A Video by the Voutube Channel "NileRed" on lab scale production of small amounts of Silica aerogel (~5cm*5cm*1cm rectangular prisms)