Aerogel : How to utilize in practical application! Help!
Hi guys
Please ignore my name here, I joined this website back in 2007 and forgot I even had an account around anymore. Lol.
Anyway, long story short, I used some resources and got about two square feet of flexible aerogel blanket 3mm thick. If you don't know what aerogel is, please read more at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerogel" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Aerogel</a>
My aerogel is super hydrophobic too.
When I initially bought it, I thought to try out some supremely thin jacket/gloves/shoes like some guys on kickstarter did. However, the product turned out to be super "dusty". There is super fine aerogel dust that is a part of the blanket, and any twisting, bending, shaking or even touching release this out - and I need it to stay in its place for the insulation to work properly.
Anyway, this has been laying with me since a couple of months now and I am loosing hope on ideas to test it out it.
Few difficulties I had in using it in any gear/clothing include:
1) It simply cannot be stitched : This pierces the blanket and would leak air and water in the jacket/cloth
2) I can't encapsulate it between multiple layers of cloth: the dust simply seeps out
I have so far tried leather, that polyester material used in jackets, towel thick cotton but all leak dust 😔
3) If I place it in plastic, it stays in place, but then it doesn't form a breathe-able fabric.
My question to everyone is please help me find some form of use of this material. I was too excited to gain my hands on it in India that I didn't think practically of its applications before paying good money to buy it.
In theory, if we can remove the insulation from a fridge and use this instead it can save a lot of elecicity as the heat loss would minimal. But I simply don't know how or where to get someone to test this Aerogel out with me - not just in clothing, anywhere practical where an Indian can use.
Thanks for your help!
Please ignore my name here, I joined this website back in 2007 and forgot I even had an account around anymore. Lol.
Anyway, long story short, I used some resources and got about two square feet of flexible aerogel blanket 3mm thick. If you don't know what aerogel is, please read more at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerogel" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Aerogel</a>
My aerogel is super hydrophobic too.
When I initially bought it, I thought to try out some supremely thin jacket/gloves/shoes like some guys on kickstarter did. However, the product turned out to be super "dusty". There is super fine aerogel dust that is a part of the blanket, and any twisting, bending, shaking or even touching release this out - and I need it to stay in its place for the insulation to work properly.
Anyway, this has been laying with me since a couple of months now and I am loosing hope on ideas to test it out it.
Few difficulties I had in using it in any gear/clothing include:
1) It simply cannot be stitched : This pierces the blanket and would leak air and water in the jacket/cloth
2) I can't encapsulate it between multiple layers of cloth: the dust simply seeps out
I have so far tried leather, that polyester material used in jackets, towel thick cotton but all leak dust 😔
3) If I place it in plastic, it stays in place, but then it doesn't form a breathe-able fabric.
My question to everyone is please help me find some form of use of this material. I was too excited to gain my hands on it in India that I didn't think practically of its applications before paying good money to buy it.
In theory, if we can remove the insulation from a fridge and use this instead it can save a lot of elecicity as the heat loss would minimal. But I simply don't know how or where to get someone to test this Aerogel out with me - not just in clothing, anywhere practical where an Indian can use.
Thanks for your help!
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