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Title: Silica powders for powder evacuated thermal insulating panel and method

Abstract

A powder evacuated thermal insulating panel using generally spherical and porous silica particles of a median size less than about 100 nanometers in diameter, a pour packing density of about 0.4 to 0.6 g/cm.sup.3 and an external surface area in the range of about 90 to 600 m.sup.2 /g is described. The silica powders are prepared by reacting a tetraakyl silicate with ammonia and water in an alcohol solvent, distilling the solution after the reaction to remove the ammonia and recover the alcohol. The resulting aqueous slurry was dried, ball-milled, and dried again to provide the silica particles with defined internal and external porosity. The nanometer size and the large external surface area of the silica particles along with the internal and external porosity of the silica particles provide powder evacuated thermal insulating panels with significantly higher R-values than obtainable using previously known silica powders.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [1]
  1. Knoxville, TN
  2. Oak Ridge, TN
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
869675
Patent Number(s):
US 5376449
Assignee:
Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. (Oak Ridge, TN)
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
silica; powders; powder; evacuated; thermal; insulating; panel; method; spherical; porous; particles; median; size; 100; nanometers; diameter; pour; packing; density; cm; external; surface; range; 90; 600; described; prepared; reacting; tetraakyl; silicate; ammonia; water; alcohol; solvent; distilling; solution; reaction; remove; recover; resulting; aqueous; slurry; dried; ball-milled; provide; defined; internal; porosity; nanometer; panels; significantly; r-values; obtainable; previously; silica powder; packing density; porous silica; alcohol solvent; insulating panel; external porosity; external surface; silica particles; aqueous slurry; thermal insulating; powder evacuated; evacuated thermal; silica powders; provide powder; nanometer size; tetraakyl silicate; pour packing; median size; resulting aqueous; particles provide; defined internal; insulating panels; /428/

Citation Formats

Harris, Michael T, Basaran, Osman A, Kollie, Thomas G, and Weaver, Fred J. Silica powders for powder evacuated thermal insulating panel and method. United States: N. p., 1994. Web.
Harris, Michael T, Basaran, Osman A, Kollie, Thomas G, & Weaver, Fred J. Silica powders for powder evacuated thermal insulating panel and method. United States.
Harris, Michael T, Basaran, Osman A, Kollie, Thomas G, and Weaver, Fred J. 1994. "Silica powders for powder evacuated thermal insulating panel and method". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/869675.
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title = {Silica powders for powder evacuated thermal insulating panel and method},
author = {Harris, Michael T and Basaran, Osman A and Kollie, Thomas G and Weaver, Fred J},
abstractNote = {A powder evacuated thermal insulating panel using generally spherical and porous silica particles of a median size less than about 100 nanometers in diameter, a pour packing density of about 0.4 to 0.6 g/cm.sup.3 and an external surface area in the range of about 90 to 600 m.sup.2 /g is described. The silica powders are prepared by reacting a tetraakyl silicate with ammonia and water in an alcohol solvent, distilling the solution after the reaction to remove the ammonia and recover the alcohol. The resulting aqueous slurry was dried, ball-milled, and dried again to provide the silica particles with defined internal and external porosity. The nanometer size and the large external surface area of the silica particles along with the internal and external porosity of the silica particles provide powder evacuated thermal insulating panels with significantly higher R-values than obtainable using previously known silica powders.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/869675}, journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994},
month = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994}
}

Works referenced in this record:

Controlled growth of monodisperse silica spheres in the micron size range
journal, January 1968