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What is aerogel

What is aerogel

“Aerogel” simply refers to a gel structure that contains a lot of air (the definition of gel is to form a substance with a three-dimensional network structure using the condensation of molecules, and the system includes organics, inorganics, and organic-inorganic composites) At present, the aerogels on the market are mainly based on the aggregation and stacking of inorganic silica molecules into nano-to-submicron primary aggregation molecules, and then , the primary aggregate molecules are condensed to form secondary particles. Ordered three-dimensional network structure. Metric-scale silica aggregate molecules already contain more than 60% nanoscale pores, with numerous microscale pores between the three-dimensional network structure. is occupied by a solvent; at this stage the properties of the product become something like herbal jelly or jelly, hence the name “wet gel” or “gel” for short. Drying technology or special atmospheric drying technology is used to evaporate and remove the solvent in the wet gel.While preserving the volume of the aerogel, this solvent-laden pore evaporates and the solvent is released into the air. It is called “aerogel” because it changes.

Aerogel formation mechanism from electron micrographs of silicon dioxide molecules developed by our company aggregate and layer into primary aggregation molecules at the nanometer to submicron level, and the primary aggregation molecules aggregate to form a secondary three-dimensional network structure. can give you insight into The above information is our company’s information and transmission is prohibited.

Structure of silica aerogel particles developed by our company (left: electron microscope tomographic image of ~300 nm aerogel particles, right: electron microscope image inside aerogel particles of several tens of microns) You can see that it contains pores. A common definition of aerogels is therefore that the network structure of the product must contain a large amount of air on the nanometer to micrometer scale. As a result, aerogel has excellent properties such as fire resistance, thermal insulation, light weight, and low dielectric properties. The above information is our company’s information and transmission is prohibited.

Finally, the electron microscope photo of the structure of the silica aerogel sheet developed by our company is shown. The microscopic pictures show that the three-dimensional network structure is formed by the stacking of aerogel molecules in the aerogel sheet. There are a lot of holes between the aerogel molecules of the three-dimensional network structure, and the aerogel uses the large number of holes and air inside it. Therefore, the aerogel sheet has excellent fire and heat insulation, lightweight and low dielectric properties. The above information is the company’s information and is prohibited from being transmitted.