Synthesis and characterization of innovative insulation materials

Insulation elements are distinguished in inorganic fibrous and organic foamed materials. Foamed insulation materials are of great acceptance and use, but their major disadvantage is their flammability. In case of fire, they tend to transmit the flame producing toxic gases. In this paper, the synthes...

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Veröffentlicht in:MATEC web of conferences 2018-01, Vol.149, p.1078
Hauptverfasser: Skaropoulou, Aggeliki, Ntziouni, Afroditi, Kioupis, Dimitris, Tsivilis, Sotiris, Kakali, Glikeria
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Insulation elements are distinguished in inorganic fibrous and organic foamed materials. Foamed insulation materials are of great acceptance and use, but their major disadvantage is their flammability. In case of fire, they tend to transmit the flame producing toxic gases. In this paper, the synthesis and characterization of innovative inorganic insulation materials with properties competitive to commercial is presented. Their synthesis involves the mixing of inorganic raw material and water with reinforcing agent or/and foaming agent leading to the formation of a gel. Depending on raw materials nature, the insulation material is produced by freeze drying or ambient drying techniques of the gel. The raw material used are chemically benign and abundantly available materials, or industrial by-products and the final products are non-toxic and, in some cases, non-flammable. Their density and thermal conductivity was measured and found 0.02-0.06 g/cm3 and 0.03-0.04 W/mK, respectively.
ISSN:2261-236X
2261-236X
DOI:10.1051/matecconf/201714901078