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Aerogels

Proceedings of the First International Symposium, Würzburg, Fed. Rep. of Germany September 23–25, 1985

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. Jochen Fricke

    1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität, Würzburg, Fed. Rep. of Germany

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Part of the book series: Springer Proceedings in Physics (SPPHY, volume 6)

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Table of contents (25 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Aerogels — a Fascinating Class of High-Performance Porous Solids

      • J. Fricke
      Pages 2-19

  3. Production and General Aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Aerogels of Inorganic Oxides

      • S. J. Teichner
      Pages 22-30

    3. Advances in Production of Transparent Silica Aerogels for Window Glazings

      • P. H. Tewari, A. J. Hunt, K. D. Lofftus
      Pages 31-37

    4. Large-Scale Production of Airglass

      • S. Henning
      Pages 38-41

    5. Aerogels: Precursors or End Materials?

      • J. Zarzycki, T. Woignier
      Pages 42-48

    6. The Sol-Gel Process for Non-Metallic Inorganic Materials

      • H. Schmidt, H. Scholze
      Pages 49-56

    7. Synthesis and Structure of Borate Based Aerogels

      • C. J. Brinker, K. J. Ward, K. D. Keefer, E. Holupka, P. J. Bray, R. K. Pearson
      Pages 57-67

    8. Preparation, Densification and Characterization of Autoclave Dried SiO2 Gels

      • C. A. M. Mulder, J. G. van Lierop
      Pages 68-75

    9. Microporous Silica Fibres

      • H.-D. Achtsnit
      Pages 76-81

  4. Energy Conservation and Thermal Properties

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Translucent Insulation for Passive Solar Energy Utilization in Buildings

      • A. Goetzberger, V. Wittwer
      Pages 84-93

    3. Thermal Transport in Porous Superinsulations

      • J. Fricke
      Pages 94-103

    4. Thermal Conductivity of SiO2-Aerogel Tiles

      • D. Büttner, R. Caps, U. Heinemann, E. Hümmer, A. Kadur, P. Scheuerpflug et al.
      Pages 104-109

    5. Radiative Heat Transfer in Silica Aerogel

      • R. Caps, J. Fricke
      Pages 110-115

    6. Thermal Conductivity of Granular SiO2 Aerogel

      • D. Büttner, E. Hümmer, J. Fricke
      Pages 116-120

    7. Thermal Properties of Silica Aerogel

      • O. Nilsson, Å. Fransson, O. Sandberg
      Pages 121-126

    8. Solar Transmission of Aerogel Pellets

      • W. Platzer, V. Wittwer, M. Mielke
      Pages 127-132
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About this book

This book contains the papers presented at the "First International Sympo­ st sium on Aerogels (1 ISA)", held in September 1985 at. the University of Wiirzburg, Fed. Rep. of Germany. It was the first meet.ing of this kind, wit.h participants from several European count.ries, the United States of America, Canada, South America, and Africa. The meeting was interdisciplinary, with most of the participants being physicists, chemists or material scientists ei­ ther from universities or from industrial research institutes. Let me try to shed some light upon the class of substances the symposium was about: Aerogels are extremely porous high-tech materials, consisting ei­ ther of silica, alumina, zirconia, stannic or tungsten oxide or mixtures of these oxides. Due to their high porosity (up t.o 99%!) and t.heir large inner surface, aerogels serve as especially active catalysts or as catalytic subst.rates, as adsorbents, fillers, reinforcement agents, pigments and gellifying agents. Silica aerogels as translucent or transparent superinsulating fillers in window systems could help to considerably reduce thermal losses in windows and to improve the energy balance in passive solar systems. Aerogels also have fas­ cinating acoustic properties - the sound velocity can be as low as 100 m/s! The production of aerogels starts with the controlled conversion of a sol into a gel: The growth of clusters or polymer chains from a chemical solution, the cross-linking of these primary entities and the formation of a coherent network - still embedded in a liquid.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Physikalisches Institut, Universität, Würzburg, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Jochen Fricke

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Aerogels

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the First International Symposium, Würzburg, Fed. Rep. of Germany September 23–25, 1985

  • Editors: Jochen Fricke

  • Series Title: Springer Proceedings in Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93313-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-16256-8Published: 01 February 1986

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-93313-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0930-8989

  • Series E-ISSN: 1867-4941

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 208

  • Topics: Condensed Matter Physics

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