The disclosure relates to a sandwich composite board and a preparation method thereof. The sandwich composite board includes, from top to bottom, an upper panel layer, a core material layer, and a lower panel layer, wherein the upper panel layer and the lower panel layer are glass or fiber reinforced resin-based composite sheets; and the core material layer is composed of an aerogel, a resin, and an expandable microsphere foaming agent. Method (1) includes: heating and melting the resin to obtain slurry A, cooling the same, adding the aerogel and the expandable microsphere foaming agent thereto, and uniformly mixing the same to obtain slurry B, then flat-laying the lower panel layer, coating or printing with the slurry B, then laying the upper panel layer and hot press molding the same. Method (2) includes: uniformly mixing an aerogel, a resin and an expandable microsphere foaming agent to obtain mixture A, placing the mixture A into a non-woven bag, sealing to obtain a core material B, flat-laying the lower panel layer, flat-laying the core material B, then laying the upper panel layer, and hot press molding the same.

A cellular glass system for an outer surface of a pipe. An insulation layer surrounds the outer surface of the pipe. The insulation layer has an outer surface and an inner surface and comprises cellular glass. A foam fills an annular space between the outer surface of the pipe and the inner surface of the insulation layer and is configured to limit water intrusion into the annular space and attenuate sound. The system may also include another insulation layer and another foam layer between the two insulation layers.

Glass articles are provided that include a glass sheet with an aerogel sheet in a mounted position alongside the glass sheet. The aerogel sheet is retained in the mounted position by an encapsulation material. The encapsulation material can include an organic material, such as a material comprising polyethylene terephthalate glycol. Methods of making glass articles are provided. Also provided are IG units that include encapsulated aerogel sheets, as well as related subassemblies, and methods of manufacturing such IG units and subassemblies.

Glass articles are provided that include a glass sheet with an aerogel sheet in a mounted position alongside the glass sheet. The aerogel sheet is retained in the mounted position by an encapsulation material. The encapsulation material can include an organic material, such as a material comprising polyethylene terephthalate glycol. Methods of making glass articles are provided. Also provided are IG units that include encapsulated aerogel sheets, as well as related subassemblies, and methods of manufacturing such IG units and subassemblies.

The invention describes the construction of more or less thin house walls, of which the load-bearing panels are stabilized in such a way that they have an insulating middle layer, the middle layer containing carbon, which is brought in as insulation material by means of suitable binders such as cement, geopolymers, resins or foams or glass. In particular, biochar mortars and biochar foams are used, which with the help of fiber reinforcement of the outer stone slices become self-supporting wall and facade elements, which are able to store more carbon than what is produced in the form of CO2, escaping into the atmosphere. Fiber-stabilized stone disks with an insulating middle layer based on pyrogenic or otherwise manufactured or extracted carbon are constructed symmetrically and dimensioned in such a way that they can absorb loads and buckling forces with a comparatively very low weight. For this reason, in addition to its high carbon content, the insulation material should preferably have sufficient tensile stability.

The invention provides hydrophobic silica wet gel, hydrophobic silica aerogel, and methods that can be used to form an enhanced hydrophobic silica aerogel sheet having an advantageous combination of properties. Some embodiments of the invention provide a hydrophobic silica aerogel having advantageous properties, such as desirable performance on visible transmission, haze, or both.

The invention provides hydrophobic silica wet gel, hydrophobic silica aerogel, and methods that can be used to form an enhanced hydrophobic silica aerogel sheet having an advantageous combination of properties. Some embodiments of the invention provide a hydrophobic silica aerogel having advantageous properties, such as desirable performance on visible transmission, haze, or both.

The invention provides hydrophobic silica wet gel, hydrophobic silica aerogel, and methods that can be used to form an enhanced hydrophobic silica aerogel sheet having an advantageous combination of properties. Some embodiments of the invention provide a hydrophobic silica aerogel having advantageous properties, such as desirable performance on visible transmission, haze, or both.

The invention provides hydrophobic silica wet gel, hydrophobic silica aerogel, and methods that can be used to form an enhanced hydrophobic silica aerogel sheet having an advantageous combination of properties. Some embodiments of the invention provide a hydrophobic silica aerogel having advantageous properties, such as desirable performance on visible transmission, haze, or both.

The invention provides hydrophobic silica wet gel, hydrophobic silica aerogel, and methods that can be used to form an enhanced hydrophobic silica aerogel sheet having an advantageous combination of properties. Some embodiments of the invention provide a hydrophobic silica aerogel having advantageous properties, such as desirable performance on visible transmission, haze, or both.