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PRONUNCIATION OF AEROGEL

aerogel  [ˈɛərəˌdʒɛl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AEROGEL

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Aerogel is a noun.
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WHAT DOES AEROGEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

aerogel

Aerogel

Aerogel is a synthetic porous ultralight material derived from a gel, in which the liquid component of the gel has been replaced with a gas. The result is a solid with extremely low density and low thermal conductivity. Nicknames include "frozen smoke", "solid smoke", "solid air" or "blue smoke" owing to its translucent nature and the way light scatters in the material. It feels like fragile expanded polystyrene to the touch. Aerogel was first created by Samuel Stephens Kistler in 1931, as a result of a bet with Charles Learned over who could replace the liquid in "jellies" with gas without causing shrinkage. Aerogels are produced by extracting the liquid component of a gel through supercritical drying. This allows the liquid to be slowly dried off without causing the solid matrix in the gel to collapse from capillary action, as would happen with conventional evaporation. The first aerogels were produced from silica gels. Kistler's later work involved aerogels based on alumina, chromia and tin dioxide. Carbon aerogels were first developed in the late 1980s. IUPAC definition Gel comprised of a microporous solid in which the dispersed phase is a gas.

Definition of aerogel in the English dictionary

The definition of aerogel in the dictionary is a colloid that has a continuous solid phase containing dispersed gas.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AEROGEL


gel
dʒɛl
hydrogel
ˈhaɪdrəˌdʒɛl
jell
dʒɛl
plasmagel
ˈplæzməˌdʒɛl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AEROGEL

aerodynamical
aerodynamically
aerodynamicist
aerodynamics
aerodyne
aeroelastic
aeroelastician
aeroelasticity
aeroembolism
aerofoil
aerogenerator
aerogram
aerogramme
aerograph
aerography
aerohydroplane
aerolite
aerolith
aerolithology
aerolitic

WORDS THAT END LIKE AEROGEL

aasvogel
angel
archangel
bagel
beigel
Blue Angel
business angel
guardian angel
Hegel
kugel
mangel
Rigel
Schlegel
shaving gel
shower gel
silica gel
spiegel
Till Eulenspiegel
Vogel
zingel

Synonyms and antonyms of aerogel in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «aerogel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AEROGEL

Find out the translation of aerogel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of aerogel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «aerogel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

气凝胶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aerogel
570 millions of speakers

English

aerogel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

airgel
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ايروجيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

аэрогель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aerogel
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

airgel
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aérogel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Airgel
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Aerogel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

エアロゲル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에어로겔
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Airgel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

aerogel
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஏரோஜெல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एअरजील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aerojel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aerogel
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

aerożel
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

аерогель
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aerogel
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αεροτζέλ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aerogel
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

aerogel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

aerogel
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AEROGEL»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AEROGEL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about aerogel

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AEROGEL»

Discover the use of aerogel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to aerogel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Radon Adsorption on an Aerogel
The aerogel manufactured in this study did not preferentially absorb radon. Some evidence suggests that radon may have penetrated the surface however, based on increased long-term radioactivity.
Carl J. Schopfer, 2009
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Silica Aerogel-polymer Nanocomposites and New Nanoparticle ...
Flexural strengths of the bridged aerogel composites are plotted against their density in figure 4.9. The plot of strength of silica aerogels strengths versus density has been added to provide a frame of reference of aerogels strengths increasing ...
Dylan Joseph Boday, 2009
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Popular Science
dark background, current aerogel samples can look like a dirty windshield (see photo), says Stephen Selkowitz of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory at the University of California, one hotbed of aerogel research. But the good news is aerogels' ...
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Polyimides and Other High-temperature Polymers: Synthesis, ...
mold surface, (2) the aerogel blanket was placed in the center of the mold, (3) the remaining TEEK friable balloons were poured over the blanket and finally (4) the foam composite was cured at 200◦C for 2 h. The foam composite with the ...
K. L. Mittal, 2009
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World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering ...
Vol. 25/VIII Micro- and Nanosystems in Medicine, Active Implants, Biosensors Olaf Dössel, Wolfgang C. Schlegel. A Nano-porous Aerogel Biochip for Molecular Recognition ofNucleotide Acids 9 Biodegradable Polymeric Implants as Drug ...
Olaf Dössel, Wolfgang C. Schlegel, 2010
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Handbook of sol-gel science and technology. 3. Applications ...
INTRODUCTION Silica aerogel is a porous material with an extremely high porosity (Fricke, 1988). In spite of this unusual porosity, it is transparent and has useful properties including high heat insulating property, sound insulating property, ...
Sumio Sakka, 2005
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Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1: Proceedings of the ...
water-saturated aerogel shows stiffened behavior at high strain rates compared with aerogel. At high strain rate, the internal stress in water-saturated aerogel is much higher than that of aerogel, and the stress increased more rapidly than that  ...
Tom Proulx, 2011
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Innovative Materials for Processes in Energy Systems - For ...
AEROGEL-FILLED. CARBON. COMPOSITE. SANDWICH. STRUCTURES. Sunil C.JOSHI* and Kaibin XU School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Nanyang Technological University 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 * Author ...
Bidyut Baran Saha, Anutosh Chakraborty and Kim Choon Ng, 2010
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Aerogels Handbook
The Aerogels Handbook summarizes state-of-the-art developments and processing of inorganic, organic, and composite aerogels, including the most important methods of synthesis, characterization as well as their typical applications and their ...
Michel Andre Aegerter, Nicholas Leventis, Matthias M. Koebel, 2011
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Aerospace Materials Handbook
samples during the encounter on January 2, 2004, the probe containing the sample reentered the Earth's atmosphere on January 15, 2006. The comet dust particles were later successfully extracted from the silica aerogel tiles and analyzed.
Sam Zhang, Dongliang Zhao, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AEROGEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term aerogel is used in the context of the following news items.
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Lukla Endeavour Hands-On: An Aerogel Jacket That Doesn't Overheat
The first time I held a piece of aerogel was one of those reality-bending experiences that reorganizes the molecule of your brain a little. It was a ... «Gizmodo Australia, Jul 15»
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Economic Driver: NASA signs exclusive deal for FLEXcon aerogel
Locally, employees in Spencer add adhesives, foils and other substrates to the patent-pending aerogel before it is sold to their customers from ... «Worcester Telegram, Jul 15»
3
Mark Rudin: Summer in Idaho a time for recreation, rafting and …
... carbon nanotube aerogel expected to be very strong, able to withstand extreme temperatures, and able to conduct electricity, providing many ... «The Idaho Statesman, Jul 15»
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Pilot plant for “Slentite” PU aerogel insulation panels starts production
The high-performance insulating material is based on a polyurethane aerogel and the first of its kind available as a heavy-duty panel, BASF ... «Plasteurope, Jun 15»
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FLEXcon to manufacture NASA technology
The flexible, heat-resistant aerogel has "down-to-Earth" applications that include insulating pipes, being sewn into protective clothing or molded ... «Worcester Business Journal, Jun 15»
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Spencer manufacturer FLEXcon strikes deal with NASA to make …
Many dishwashers are insulated with thick "blankets" that the aerogel could make obsolete. Hikers and climbers may one day find themselves ... «MassLive.com, Jun 15»
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NASA Glenn signs license agreement for polyimide aerogel
Cleveland – The Technology Transfer Office at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, has signed a patent pending, exclusive ... «Aerospace Manufacturing and Design, Jun 15»
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BASF commissions pilot plant for PU-aerogel insulating panels in …
This high-performance insulating material based on a polyurethane aerogel is thus the first to be available in the form of a heavy-duty panel. «Business Standard, Jun 15»
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New report sheds light on the aerogel market development and …
Acoustic insulation application is the fastest growing application segment in the global aerogel market. The high porosity of aerogel reduces the ... «WhaTech, Jun 15»
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NASA Glenn Signs Exclusive License Agreement for Polyimide …
By licensing the polyimide aerogel technology to FLEXcon, Glenn will gain a commercialization partner.” For more information about the ... «Space Ref, Jun 15»

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