Sciencemadness Discussion Board

Aerogels: Work in Progress

BJ68 - 16-5-2017 at 20:44

Here is the Link to the Illumina-Chemisry-Board:
http://illumina-chemie.de/aerogele-part-1-(work-in-progress)-t4458.html

Sorry for description in German and the Link only, because that´s the place where all information will be collected.

Do not know if it is possible to make an article out of it, because it´s very equipment specific...

If somebody has questions and/or problem with German, please feel free to ask, I will translate or answer it here in English.

Short description: Trial to synthesize Aerogels, establish a protocol (SOP) and developing the necessary equipment for that purpose.

Background Info:

http://www.aerogel.org/

"A Continuous Extraction and Pumpless Supercritical CO2 Drying System for Laboratory-Scale Aerogel Production"
http://www.mdpi.com/2310-2861/2/4/26/htm


Sincerely
Bj68

DrP - 17-5-2017 at 01:00

Good to see it looks like they are producing strong and stable panels of the stuff that could be of use. The old stuff was very crumbly. I can't seem to open the article... but I can't really read in German anyway so it probably doesn't matter as I won't understand it anyway. lol.

Nice to see super critical CO2 in use too (although I suspect it has many uses - it was new when I first heard about it in the 90's).