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Smelting in the age of nano: iron aerogels

Nicholas Leventis, Naveen Chandrasekaran, Chariklia Sotiriou‐Leventis, Arif Mumtaz

Journal of Materials Chemistry · 2008 · 105 citations · 14 references

Concepts

Materials ScienceMagnetismChemical EngineeringPig IronEngineeringNanoscale ChemistryNanomaterialsSuperparamagnetic MaterialsMonolithic FormIron AerogelsCarbon AerogelsNano ApplicationFunctional MaterialsSol-gel Synthesis

Abstract

Smelting of interpenetrating networks of resorcinol-formaldehyde (RF) and iron oxide (FeOx) aerogels yields porous ferromagnetic and superparamagnetic materials in monolithic form with compositions closely resembling that of pig iron.

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