LORDS INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Himayath Sagar, Hyderabad, Affiliated to JNTUH

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Technical Seminar
on
“AEROGEL MATERIAL’’

By
Mr. Mohammed Muzamil farhan
IV-I , Mech-B
16M21A0397

[2019-2020]
CONTENTS
 Introduction
 What is aerogel?
 Types of aerogel
 Synthesis of aerogel
 Properties
 Advantages
 Disadvantages
 Application
 Conclusion
 Reference
 INTRODUCATION

SamuelStephensKistlerwasanAmerican
 Nanostructured open pours solids. scientist
andchemicalenginer,bestknownastheinv
entorof
 Made via sol-gel technology. aerogels,oneofthelightestknownsolidma
terials.
Born:26March1900,UnitedStatesofAme
rica Died:1975
 Solid with lowest known density. Education:StanfordUniversity

 Stands up to 2000 times greater load than its own

weight.
 Created by SAMUEL STEPHENS KISTLER.
 Aerogel is nanotechnology
• A nanometer is
1 billionth of a meter.

• A hair is 80,000
nm wide.

• Aerogel is a glass
foam with bubbles
10 nm wide.
Scanning electron microscope picture of aerogel
(Photo: Mohan Edirisinghe, University College, London and Paolo Colombo. Used by permission)
WHAT IS AEROGEL?
An aerogel is solid with air pockets
dispersed throughout. Aerogels
are essentially the solid
framework of a gel.

 A class of porous, solid materials

that exhibit extreme material
properties.
 Why is aerogel blue?
• The sky, glaciers and
aerogel all have tiny
particles or bubbles
that scatter light.

• Blue scatters the most,

so they all look blue.
 TYPES OF AEROGEL
 Silica
Silica aerogel is the most common type of aerogel. The most
•
extensively studied and used it.
•
It is silica-based and can be derived from silica gel.
•
Silica aerogel held entries in GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS for
•
material properties, including best insulator & lowest density solid.

 Carbon
• Carbon aerogels are composed of particles with sizes in the
nanometre range, covalently bonded together.
•They have very high porosity(over 50%, with diameter under100
• nm). Surface areas ranging between 400 to 1000 m²/g.
 SYNTHESIS OF AEROGEL

“SOL-GEL
PROCESSING”

 Mixing of chemicals

 Gelation
 Drying

 Final product
 Strength under pressure

• Mix alcohol and silicon

together

• Under high pressure

and temperature,
replace liquid with gas

(CC) Stian Martinsen via Flickr

 PROPERTIES
 lightest

 Flexibility

 Low density

 High strength.

 Variable refractive index

 Low thermal
conductivity.
 Aerogel is strong
• Aerogel is super
strong for its weight.

• A 2.5 kg brick
supported on top of
a piece of aerogel
weighing only 2
grams – over 1000
times lighter!
NASA photo
 ADVANTAGES
 Flexibility

 Waterproof

 High Resistance

 Aerogel is more expensive, but

definitely the best overall type of
insulation.
 DISADVANTAGES

 Health issues.

 High production costs.

 Requires more chemicals and

usually more time.
 APPLICATION
 Thermal
insulation
 Electronic
components.
 Foundry
technology.
 Architecture.

 Pharmacy.
 Space
 Sports wear
 What is aerogel good for?

• Tiny bubbles make

amazing insulators

• 40 times better
than fiberglass

NASA photo
 Aerogel is light

• NASA uses aerogel

because it’s really
lightweight.

• Cheaper to fly
into space

• Used on the NASA photo

Stardust probe
 CONCLUSION

 Global market - 2011 $951 million, 2015 to

2020 $1598.6 million.
 Very low thermal conductivity.

 Melting temperature 1200°C.

 Lightest and low density.

• So it can be said that Aerogels have certainly surprised us in many
aspects and it has gradually begun to fulfil a number of
expectations, certainly for a material that is destined to become
one of the most important materials of the 21st century
 REFERENCE
 Anjali Acharya, Vasudha A Gokhale, Deepa Joshi, “AEROGEL –A
Promising Building Material for Sustainable Buildings”, Chemical
and Process Engineering Research ISSN 2224-7467 (Paper) Vol.9,
2013.
 C. Buratti, E. Moretti, “Experimental performance evaluation of
aerogel glazing systems” Department of Industrial Engineering,
University of Perugia, Via G. Duranti 67, 06125 Perugia, Italy

 Tao Gao , Bjorn Petter Jelle , Stefan Jacobsen, Arild Gustavsen

”Aerogel- incorporated concrete: An experimental study”, –
SCIENCE DIRECT

 Optimizing insulation thickness and analysing environmental

impacts of aerogel- based thermal super insulation in buildings –
SCIENCE DIRECT.
THANK YOU…!