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alex caps
Dec7-04, 01:53 PM
I am trying to creat some aerogel. I can make the Alcogel but I do not have a pressure chamber and cannot extract the liquid from it. This site gives some information on the subject if you are interested:
http://eande.lbl.gov/ECS/aerogels/saprep.htm

Basically I just need help on extracting the liquid without using a pressure chamber. Any ideas?

chem_tr
Dec7-04, 03:10 PM
Hello, this question fits better to engineering section, I think. Ask the moderator to move this thread to the proper location.

Bystander
Dec7-04, 09:20 PM
Gotta call it a perfectly reasonable question about chemistry --- whether anyone's going to contribute to developing processes for manufacture of aerogels that don't involve SCF methods (potential worth would be in millions) on a public domain forum is another question.

alex caps
Dec8-04, 09:59 PM
does anyone have an idea?