Formation of a xerogel in reduced gravity using the acid catalysed silica sol-gel reaction

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6036, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Pienaar, Christine L ^a   Steinberg, Theodore A ^b  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bimolecularisation; Cyclisation; Reduced gravity; Sol gel process

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CATALYSIS; DESORPTION; GELATION; GRAVITATION; HEATING; SILICA; SOL-GELS;

BIMOLECULARISATION; CYCLISATION; REDUCED GRAVITY; SOL-GEL PROCESS;

GELS;

EID: 33645219863     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.640969     Document Type: Conference Paper

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