Deformation of Silica Aerogel During Fluid Adsorption
arXiv:cond-mat/0506799 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.73.094127
Abstract
Aerogels are very compliant materials - even small stresses can lead to large deformations. In this paper we present measurements of the linear deformation of high porosity aerogels during adsorption of low surface tension fluids, performed using a Linear Variable Differential Transformer (LVDT). We show that the degree of deformation of the aerogel during capillary condensation scales with the surface tension, and extract the bulk modulus of the gel from the data. Furthermore we suggest limits on safe temperatures for filling and emptying low density aerogels with helium.
arXiv comment8 pages, 5 figures, submitted to PRB
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