Chapter 5 Application of hybrid aerogel as lightweight superior thermal insulation
Abstract
Humans continuously search for more efficient thermal insulators for various reasons such as reducing energy requirements for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, leading to a zero-energy building, or protection from extreme cold and hot environments. Aerogels are nanoporous solids that fall in a particular class of synthesized material produced by exchanging the fluid content from a gel-like structure by means of gas, following a suitable drying technique to get the product. Silica-based and other nanoporous aerogels have many outstanding characteristics such as extremely less thermal conductivity ...
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