Category: Transient Plane Source
Author(s): A. Szczurek, Alain Celzard, Antonio Pizzi, M. Stauber, V. Fierro
Keywords: Aqueous solution, Carbon meringues, CVC foams, Mixing, Tannin, Thermal Conductivity, Transient plane source (TPS) method
Abstract: This article investigated new macro-cellular carbons, called carbon meringues, formed by whipping an aqueous solution of tannin until liquid foam is obtained. Carbon meringues were fully investigated, and thermal conductivity was analyzed using a transient plane source method. Thermal conductivity of carbon meringues was found to be slightly higher than that of tannin-based CVC foams of low density. Carbon meringues maintained higher mechanical strength in the same range of density.
Reference: Carbon (2013), 65: 214-227
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.08.017