The Chemistry and Physics of Aerogels: Synthesis, Processing, and Properties
Cambridge University Press, 9/9/2021
EAN 9781108478595, ISBN10: 110847859X
Hardcover, 484 pages, 24.1 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm
Language: English
Discover a rigorous treatment of aerogels processing and techniques for characterization with this easy-to-use reference. Presents the basics of aerogel synthesis and gelation to open porous nanostructures, and the processing of wet gels like ambient and supercritical drying leading to aerogels. Describes their essential properties with their measurement techniques and theoretical models used to analyse relations to their nanostructure. Linking the fundamentals and with practical applications, this is a useful toolkit for advanced undergraduates, and graduate students doing research in material and polymer science, physical chemistry, and chemical and environmental engineering.
1. Introduction
2. Chemical Synthesis of Aerogels from Monomeric Precursors
3. Chemical Synthesis of Aerogels from Polymeric Precursors
4. Gelation
5. Drying of Wet Gels
6. Morphology of Aerogels
7. Density – Models and Measures
8. Specific Surface Area
9. Pores and Pore Sizes
10. Diffusion in Aerogels
11. Permeability for Gases
12. Thermal Properties
13. Mechanical Properties of Aerogels
14. How to Cook Aerogels
Recipes and Procedures.