Development of innovative aerogel based plasters: Preliminary thermal and acoustic performance evaluation

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5839-5852

  Buratti, Cinzia ^a   Moretti, Elisa ^a   Belloni, Elisa ^a   Agosti, Fabrizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Agosti Nanotherm srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerogel based plasters; Refurbishment of buildings; Silica aerogel; Thermal and acoustic performance

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; COATING; GEL; INNOVATION; SILICA; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84906861473     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6095839     Document Type: Article

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