A Comparison of Mechanical Properties and Scaling Law Relationships for Silica Aerogels and their Organic Counterparts
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AbstractAerogels are a unique type of ultrafine cell size, low density foam. Traditional aerogels are inorganic, but the synthesis of organic aerogels has also been reported. In all cases, solution chemistry can be used to tailor the structure and properties of the resultant aerogels. This study examines the microstructural dependence of the compressive mechanical properties of silica, resorcinol-formaldehyde, carbon, and melamine-formaldehyde aerogels.