Abstract
Building insulation is an important part of building energy conservation. The heat insulation coating preapred from modified expanded perlite has been a potential building thermal insulation material. In this paper, aerogel was filled into the pores of expanded perlite by vacuum impregnation method to produce aerogel-modified expanded perlite at ambient pressure. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and N2 adsorption–desorption techniques. The results revealed that aerogel could be well filled into the pores of expanded perlite, and the resultant aerogel-modified expanded perlite possessed nanoporous structure with higher specific surface area of 196 m2·g-1, and low thermal conductivity of 0.063 W·m-1·K-1 less than that of expanded perlite by 13.3%. Heat insulation coatings prepared from aerogel-modified expanded perlite had good thermal insulation effect, indicating that the product showed potential aplication in the field of building energy conservation.
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