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silica aerogel

[′sil·ə·kə ′er·ə‚jel]
(materials)
A colloidal silica powder whose grains have small pores; used as a low-temperature insulator.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The Global Silica Aerogel Insulation Materials Market report focuses on global major leading industry players providing information such as company profiles, product specification, price, cost, revenue and contact information.
The silica aerogel provides a solid state greenhouse gas effect just like the carbon dioxide ice.
The researchers suggest that regions of the Martian surface could be made habitable with a material -- silica aerogel -- that mimics Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect.
Parameters that have an effect on the synthesis of hydrophobic silica aerogel as well as on the properties of synthesized samples such as pH, Si /total material mass ratio, reflux time, reflux temperature, aging time, aging temperature and drying method, were investigated.
In addition to these materials, silica aerogels firstly synthesized by Kistler in 1931 have been used as additive materials in experimental studies for insulation purposes in concrete technology in recent years.
Similarly to silica aerogel, HGM have a low density, a low dielectric constant, and excellent sound and thermal insulation properties.
Park, "Ambient pressure dried TEOS-based silica aerogels: good absorbents of organic liquids," Journal of Materials Science, vol.
Different types of solid desiccants, such as a molecular sieve, activated carbon, and silica aerogel etc, employed for humidity control have a microscopic porous structure.
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