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Improvement of mechanical strength of ultralight resorcinol–formaldehyde/silica aerogel by addition of zirconia
- Source :
- Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology. 83:100-108
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2017.
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Abstract
- In the present work, RF/SiO2 aerogels reinforced by zirconia (ZrO2) were fabricated by a sol–gel process combined with N2-ethanol supercritical drying. The physical properties and microstructures of the aerogels were investigated by uniaxial compression, X-ray diffraction, N2 physico-adsorption, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and infrared spectrum. The compressive strengths of the aerogels were improved obviously with the addition of ZrO2. The composite aerogels remained amorphous state even the percentage of ZrO2 reached up to 6.77 wt%. The pore sizes of the aerogels with various ZrO2 were hierarchical and the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area increased distinctly with the increase of ZrO2. On the contrary, the aerogel particle sizes decreased as the increase of ZrO2. In our opinion, the enhanced compressive strengths derive from both of the varied pore structures and the decrease of the particle sizes.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Scanning electron microscope
Supercritical drying
Composite number
Aerogel
02 engineering and technology
General Chemistry
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Condensed Matter Physics
Microstructure
01 natural sciences
0104 chemical sciences
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Amorphous solid
Biomaterials
Materials Chemistry
Ceramics and Composites
Particle
Cubic zirconia
Composite material
0210 nano-technology
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Details
- ISSN :
- 15734846 and 09280707
- Volume :
- 83
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........ec26184d87979aff480833051458e010