Production of Aerogels with Fuller's Earth

Volume: 1 Number: 1 October 8, 2014
  • Semanur Yavuz
  • Esra Tanrıseven
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Production of Aerogels with Fuller's Earth

Abstract

In recent years, porous materials have started to be used commonly in industrial processes. Therefore, numerous research/development studies are performed on porous materials today. Porous materials are further classified as microporous, mesoporous, and macroporous materials.

Being heavily studied in recent years, aerogels, which are known as the lightest solid in the world, are one of those porous materials. Aerogels are silica-based solids which resemble sponges and they are obtained with the exchange between air and the liquid inside the material. They were first synthesized by Kister in 1931. 99.8% of aerogels is composed of air. It is thus they have low density, high porosity, high surface area, and a low thermal conductivity coefficient. Thanks to the lowness of thermal conductivity coefficient, aerogels are 39 times better insulators than the most advanced fiber-glass insulating materials.

Aerogels can be synthesized from several materials. Silica is one of the most commonly used materilas in the production of aerogels. Silica-based aerogels are generally synthesized, by employing a sol-gel method, from silicon alkoxide, tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS), tetramethyl ortosilicate (TMOS), polyethoxydisiloxane (PEDS), etc. In this communication, Fuller's earth, which has not been used before, will be used. Fuller's earth is a type of kaoline produced by the exchange of aqueous aluminum silicates. Sol-gel method is easy to apply in laboratory conditions. It is becoming more popular for large-scale production schemes. Sol-gel method is comprised of 3 phases. In the first phase, sol is being prepared with silica source and gelation is obtained with the action of a catalyst. The second phase is known as “ageing”, which bestows the solidness and robustness to the aerogel. The third phase is drying in order to prevent accumulation of gelous structure.

Aerogels produced with silica-based sol-gel method reportedly have a high porosity. In this study, it is expected to have a higher porosity by employing a material that has not been used before, and to synthesize an aerogel having less thermal conductivity coefficient. Relevant research will reveal the optimum mixing time, drying temperature, and the amount of material for the production of the aerogel. Provided that expected results are acquired, the aerogels produced might have applications in the fields like paints, plastics, and textiles as insulating materials.

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Semanur Yavuz This is me

Esra Tanrıseven This is me

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October 8, 2014

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Year 2014 Volume: 1 Number: 1

APA
Yavuz, S., & Tanrıseven, E. (2014). Production of Aerogels with Fuller’s Earth. Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society Section A: Chemistry, 1(1), 34-38. https://doi.org/10.18596/jotcsa.31495
AMA
1.Yavuz S, Tanrıseven E. Production of Aerogels with Fuller’s Earth. JOTCSA. 2014;1(1):34-38. doi:10.18596/jotcsa.31495
Chicago
Yavuz, Semanur, and Esra Tanrıseven. 2014. “Production of Aerogels With Fuller’s Earth”. Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society Section A: Chemistry 1 (1): 34-38. https://doi.org/10.18596/jotcsa.31495.
EndNote
Yavuz S, Tanrıseven E (October 1, 2014) Production of Aerogels with Fuller’s Earth. Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society Section A: Chemistry 1 1 34–38.
IEEE
[1]S. Yavuz and E. Tanrıseven, “Production of Aerogels with Fuller’s Earth”, JOTCSA, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 34–38, Oct. 2014, doi: 10.18596/jotcsa.31495.
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Yavuz, Semanur - Tanrıseven, Esra. “Production of Aerogels With Fuller’s Earth”. Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society Section A: Chemistry 1/1 (October 1, 2014): 34-38. https://doi.org/10.18596/jotcsa.31495.
JAMA
1.Yavuz S, Tanrıseven E. Production of Aerogels with Fuller’s Earth. JOTCSA. 2014;1:34–38.
MLA
Yavuz, Semanur, and Esra Tanrıseven. “Production of Aerogels With Fuller’s Earth”. Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society Section A: Chemistry, vol. 1, no. 1, Oct. 2014, pp. 34-38, doi:10.18596/jotcsa.31495.
Vancouver
1.Semanur Yavuz, Esra Tanrıseven. Production of Aerogels with Fuller’s Earth. JOTCSA. 2014 Oct. 1;1(1):34-8. doi:10.18596/jotcsa.31495