Method of manufacturing aerogel composites

Patent · 01 January 1999

OSTI ID:872179

Cao, Wanqing ^[1]; Hunt, Arlon Jason ^[2]

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1. Alameda, CA
2. Oakland, CA

Disclosed herewith is a process of forming an aerogel composite which comprises introducing a gaseous material into a formed aerogel monolith or powder, and causing decomposition of said gaseous material in said aerogel in amounts sufficient to cause deposition of the decomposition products of the gas on the surfaces of the pores of the said aerogel.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• Assignee: Regents of University of California (Oakland, CA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5879744
• OSTI ID: 872179
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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