Nanogel (insulation)
Nanogel is a brand of aerogel insulation mainly used in building products and oil and gas industries. It is sometimes called "frozen smoke". Nanogel aerogel is made by Cabot Corp, which has a plant in Frankfurt, Germany. Nanogel is an aerogel that consists of 95% air, in nano-sized pores that inhibit heat transfer through the aerogel. Made in grades from opaque to translucent, Nanogel can easily adapt to different climates.
Properties include:
- High porosity: Highly porous structure provides high reinforcement and matting efficiency at low concentrations
- Flowability: Excellent flow properties
- Friability: Under intense dispersion conditions, particles are reduced to sub-micrometer sizes, leading to superior reinforcement
- Hydrophobic surface: Particles repel water but can be wetted by oleophilic substances such as oils
- Open porosity: Pores are open to each other within the structure
- Particle size: Available in a wide range of particle sizes
- Surface treatment: Surface groups are chemically anchored to the silica skeleton and thus are stable over a wide range of temperatures and pH
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