Aerogel is the lightest solid known, with a density only 3 times that of air. It has a nanoporous structure that provides excellent thermal insulation properties. Aerogel was first created in 1931 and has a wide range of applications including home and building insulation, architectural elements, vehicle and pipe insulation, and window glazing. Its ultra-low density and ability to block heat transfer make it a highly effective and competitive insulation material.

3. •Aerogel is the lightest solid ever known with
incredible properties that have a wide range of
applications.
Aerogel is a solid with the lowest density of any
solid on the earth , only three times as dense as
air (aerogel density≈0.095g/cm³).
• It is highly porous and also known as “frozen
smoke”.

4. •Aerogel was first created by Samuel Stephen Kistler in 1931.
• They are nanoporous structure of solids produced by super critical drying
of parent solid material which provides properties such as thermal
insulation, making it extremely competitive for constructions.

6. • Aerogels are good thermal insulators because they
almost nullify two of the three methods of heat
transfer.(conduction, convection, radiation)
•Due to Rayleigh scattering of shorter wavelength of
visible light by nanosized dendrite ,
• it appears smoky blue against dark backgrounds
•Hence its helpful in the application in decorating
construction structures and thus increasing the
appearance

8. •Thermal insulations: home buildings, vehicles,
pipe lines packaging
• Architecture: illumination, super light concrete,
super light bricks, wall isolation by thermal
insulation, windows glazing

11. Aerogel glazing for
windows

12. Aerogel insulated windows
charecterisitics

14. AEROGEL CONCRETE

15. AEROGEL INSULATION IN RESIDENTIAL
HOUSES
Thermablok aerogel insulating strips may be installed to
the stud either on the exterior or interior side of the wall
framing. Insulate the full length of framing members.
Apply to all wall, floor or ceiling framing edges: headers,
footers, trusses, window and door frames, floor joist and
roof rafters.
Thirty-five percent of home heating costs are the result of
energy loss through the exterior walls because of thermal
bridging. Thermablok Eliminates Thermal Bridging.

16. Benefits of Thermablok Aerogel
Insulation
* Significant savings in energy costs.
* 100% recyclable.
* Contains no ozone-depleting substances.
* Cradle to Cradle Silver Certification.
* Uses 30-percent recycled content.
* Composite material consisting of more than 95-percent air.

17. * Naturally hydrophobic, unaffected by
moisture, mold, or water.
*Easily applied via stick-on backing.
* Class "A" fire rated.
* Economical.
* Virtually no weight means low shipping cost
(and low emission).
* Adds acoustical integrity.
*Unaffected by age as it does not react with
moisture in the atmosphere.

18. Thermal Bridging
It is a fundamental of heat transfer where a
penetration of the insulation layer by a highly
conductive or noninsulating material takes
place in the separation between the interior
(or conditioned space) and exterior
environments of a building assembly (also
known as the building enclosure, building
envelope, or thermal envelope).

19. AEROGEL GLAZED
WINDOW OPENINGS,
INSULATED
ROOFINGS

20. Aerogel Illuminatedstructure

22. •The performances from the
applications mentioned above
demonstrates that aerogel is such a
material and by using it even if the
initial costs are over the costs of other
traditional materials. amazing results
may be obtained in realizing of the
primordial objective of lasting
development the passive house.

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