Thermal characterization of carbon-opacified silica aerogels

Publication Type

Journal Article

Authors

Abstract

A new method to introduce carbon into aerogels to block the infrared component of radiant heat transfer within the aerogel was developed to improve the thermal properties of silica aerogel. Chemical vapor infiltration and heat treatment were used to deposit and grow nanophase carbon deposits inside the aerogel. Infrared measurements were performed on the doped material to determine the absorption. A vacuum thermal tester was used to measure the thermal conductivity as a function of air pressure and specimen temperature on flat plate aerogel samples.

Journal

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids

Volume

186

Year of Publication

1995

Notes

0022-3093doi: DOI: 10.1016/0022-3093(95)00055-0

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