Lightweight and thermally insulating aerogel glass materials

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 799-808

  Gao, Tao ^a   Jelle, Bjørn Petter ^a,b   Gustavsen, Arild ^a   He, Jianying ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GELATION; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILICA GEL; SINTERING; SOLS; STAINED GLASS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; GLASS MATERIALS; GLASS TRANSFORMATIONS; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; MONOLITHIC SILICA AEROGEL; SILICA AEROGELS; VISIBLE LIGHT TRANSMITTANCES; VISIBLE TRANSPARENCIES;

AEROGELS;

EID: 84910147243     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: 14320630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-014-8609-7     Document Type: Article

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