Ratke L. The Chemistry and Physics of Aerogels...Properties 2021

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Discover a rigorous treatment of aerogels processing and techniques for characterization with this easy-to-use reference. Presents the basics of aerogel synthesis and gelation to open porous nanostructures, and the processing of wet gels like ambient and supercritical drying leading to aerogels. Describes their essential properties with their measurement techniques and theoretical models used to analyse relations to their nanostructure. Linking the fundamentals and with practical applications, this is a useful toolkit for advanced undergraduates, and graduate students doing research in material and polymer science, physical chemistry, and chemical and environmental engineering.
Introduction
Chemical Synthesis of Aerogels from Monomeric Precursors
Chemical Synthesis of Aerogels from Polymeric Precursors
Gelation
Drying of Wet Gels
Morphology of Aerogels
Density: Models and Measures
Specific Surface Area
Pores and Pore Sizes
Diffusion in Aerogels
Permeability for Gases
Thermal Properties
Mechanical Properties of Aerogels
How to Cook Aerogels: Recipes and Procedures
Appendix A Thermodynamics and Phase Separation in Immiscibles
Appendix B Flory–Huggins Theory of Polymer Solutions
Appendix C A Brief Review on Scattering
Appendix D Mathematics of Polycondensation
Appendix E Time-Dependent Heat Transfer through an Isolated Tube