AEROGELS: UNIQUE MATERIAL, FASCINATING PROPERTIES AND UNLIMITED APPLICATIONS

Annual Review of Heat Transfer

Volumn 14, Issue , 2005, Pages 385-408

  Norris, Pamela M ^a   Shrinivasan, Sushil ^a  

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ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; POROUS MATERIALS; SOL-GELS; THERMAL INSULATION;

BOOK SERIES; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; COMMERCIALISATION; DERIVED MATERIALS; MATCHING LAYER; PRODUCTION PROCESS; PROPERTY; SOL'GEL;

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EID: 77954592376     PISSN: 10490787     EISSN: 23750294     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1615/AnnualRevHeatTransfer.v14.220     Document Type: Chapter

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