From hard to rubber-like: mechanical properties of resorcinol–formaldehyde aerogels
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Four types of resorcinol–formaldehyde (RF) aerogels, stiff, brittle, low-flexible, and super-flexible are studied in this work. Despite several studies on mechanical properties on RF aerogels their response when exposed to compressive loading and their fracture behavior are not well investigated. Here, we cover aerogels with a very broad density range of 0.08–0.3 g cm−3 and compressive moduli from 0.12 to 28 MPa. We relate the microstructure of the synthesized aerogels and their behavior under uniaxial compression. Additionally, this work is the first, to our knowledge, to implement the usage of digital image correlation for characterizing the deformation of RF aerogels. The comparison of surface strain distribution of four types of aerogels provides an insight to their reaction on compressive loading.
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OpenAlex topics: Aerogels and thermal insulation · Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials · Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
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