The aerogel, made of a proprietary polymer, weighed in at an impressive 7x lighter than typical plastics.
Unlike traditional aerogel production, the new manufacturing technique developed by Aerogel Technologies is performed at ambient conditions eliminating the need for a pressure vessel and enabling production of aerogel parts of theoretically unlimited dimensions. Aerogel Technologies is already producing 30 cm panels using this technology available for purchase at pre-scale prices through their website BuyAerogel.
The company is currently scaling the process to produce panels up to 2 m x 3 m in thicknesses up to 5 cm. This is the fourth installment of this conference series and last time had over attendees. This year promises to be even bigger and better and will showcase the latest in the rapidly growing field of aerogels. People have been hearing about mechanically strong aerogels such as x-aerogels and strong organic aerogels like polyimide aerogels along with all of their promise for use as ultralightweight structures, dust-free superinsulation, and science-fiction-y applications for some time now.
Small samples of strong aerogels have been commercially available for the past couple years, but nothing much bigger than the size of a playing card, or the back panel of a Google Nexus 7 tablet , meaning there has not been a whole lot of movement using these materials for improving building efficiency, making ultralight cars, or building what we all really care about deep down inside, flying cars and hoverboards—applications where ultralight materials could have a significant on reducing carbon dioxide emissions and saving fuel costs.
Image courtesy Aerogel Technologies. Well good news. Aerogel Technologies today announced that they are now manufacturing large one-foot, cm panels on its new pilot line, and that these panels are soon to be followed by even larger panels. The company plans to market these materials as lightweight replacements for plastics for use anywhere weight and cost are coupled, for example, in cars, planes, and refrigerated trucks. Other formulations including new high-temperature Airloy X are soon to follow.
Visit BuyAerogel. Aerogel Technologies says applications include insulating engine compartments, ovens,, and rocket parts. Samples of Airloy X are available for purchase on BuyAerogel.
The team at Lukla Apparel has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for their new aerogel jackets. Lighter and less bulky than traditional aerogel jackets, their Endeavor jacket was designed for back-country skiing, which has high technical demands and in which people need to keep warm and comfortable for long periods of time.
Amusing story on Popsci. Silica aerogels like the ones used on the Stardust probe are extremely brittle and machining it using normal techniques causes it to fracture unpredictably. I can corroborate this—at one point before Stardust returned, NASA reached out to me personally as they did many aerogel researchers to ask if I had any experience cutting aerogels! Peter Tsou. Listen to the amazing story of Stardust here. For larger sizes, custom cuts, and full rolls, please contact us.
Thermal Wrap is easy to handle, compressible, conformable, and delivered in rolls providing for rapid and automated installation. Thermal Wrap is ideal for use as low-dust general superinsulation and in architectural daylighting applications. Sub-bulk quantities of Thermal Wrap are available for purchase now at BuyAerogel.
Classic Aerogel Products. We manufacture Classic Silica in a variety of shapes, sizes, and densities, including: Discs, blocks, cylinders, and tiles Densities ranging from 0. Example applications include: Chemical spill cleanup Chemisorption Chromatography Diffusion control media Time-release substrates Oil recovery Low-profile thermal and acoustic insulation High-temperature thermal insulation Microwave and RF induction heating processes Aerogel Technologies produces hydrophobic silica aerogels in the same shapes, sizes, and density ranges as our Classic Silica aerogels and can prepare custom hydrophobic silica aerogel parts upon request.
Buy Hydrophobic Silica Aerogels. Applications of RF-derived carbon aerogel materials include: Supercapacitor and ultracapacitor electrodes Battery electrodes Carbon-supported heterogeneous catalysts Carbon nanotube growth catalysts Desalination electrodes High-temperature insulating materials RF aerogels from Aerogel Technologies are easily converted into carbon aerogels by heat treating under inert atmosphere pyrolysis and can be loaded with active materials through facile solution-based and vapor infiltration techniques.
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