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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2005
Robert R. Keller, Sr., Bedford, NH (US);
Robert R. Keller, Sr., Bedford, NH (US);
Keller Companies, Inc., Manchester, NH (US);
Abstract
An ambient pressure, low cycle time method for the synthesis and manufacture of a low cost, highly insulting, highly translucent, and low density transition metal-based hydrophilic and hydrophobic nanogel. The important aspects are the method of synthesis, the stage of imparting hydrophobicity, and the process of manufacture. The method comprises the steps of mixing a chilled precursor solution with a chilled catalyst solution such that the mixture has a pH of between 9.5 and 12.2. The mixture is maintained at a temperature of 34° F.-55° F. for between 1 and 120 minutes to form a gel. The gel is silated the gel for about 120 minutes, washed in a wash fluid, then dried and annealed to form the aerogel.