JPH02289435A - Production of foam glass - Google Patents

Production of foam glass

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Publication number
JPH02289435A
JPH02289435A JP10962789A JP10962789A JPH02289435A JP H02289435 A JPH02289435 A JP H02289435A JP 10962789 A JP10962789 A JP 10962789A JP 10962789 A JP10962789 A JP 10962789A JP H02289435 A JPH02289435 A JP H02289435A
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Prior art keywords
gel
sol
foam glass
dispersion
prepare
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Application number
JP10962789A
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Japanese (ja)
Inventor
Tetsuhiko Takeuchi
哲彦 竹内
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Seiko Epson Corp
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Seiko Epson Corp
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Priority to JP10962789A priority Critical patent/JPH02289435A/en
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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C04CEMENTS; CONCRETE; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS; REFRACTORIES
    • C04BLIME, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDING MATERIALS; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS; REFRACTORIES; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE
    • C04B14/00Use of inorganic materials as fillers, e.g. pigments, for mortars, concrete or artificial stone; Treatment of inorganic materials specially adapted to enhance their filling properties in mortars, concrete or artificial stone
    • C04B14/02Granular materials, e.g. microballoons
    • C04B14/04Silica-rich materials; Silicates
    • C04B14/22Glass ; Devitrified glass
    • C04B14/24Glass ; Devitrified glass porous, e.g. foamed glass

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the quality of foam glass by preparing a liq. sol having a glass composition with a metal alkoxide and a metal oxide as the essential material, converting the sol to a wet gel in a closed vessel, then drying and sintering the gel under specified conditions. CONSTITUTION:A metal alkoxide such as ethyl silicate, ethanol, water and aq. ammonia are mixed, and the mixture is agitated, allowed to stand and concentrated under reduced pressure to prepare a dispersion of fine silica grains. Hydrochloric acid is then added to ethyl silicate to prepare a soln. of the hydrolyzate. The pH of the dispersion is adjusted to about 4.5, and the soln. is mixed into the dispersion to form a liq. sol. The pH of the sol is controlled to about 5.0, and the sol is injected into a cylindrical vessel and gelled in the closed vessel to obtain a wet gel. The gel is allowed to stand for about three days and then dried at about 70 deg.C for about ten days to obtain a white gel. The white gel is heated at the rate of >=10 deg.C/hr and sintered to obtain low- density foam glass.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 [産業上の利用分野] 本発明は、低温や極低温での断熱材として優れている泡
ガラスのゾル−ゲル法による製造方法に関する。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a method for producing foam glass, which is excellent as a heat insulating material at low or extremely low temperatures, by a sol-gel method.

[従来の技術] 従来の泡ガラスの製造方法は、ガラス微粉末に炭酸カル
シウムあるいはカーボンを発泡剤として用い、これに発
泡助剤をさらに加えて混合し、型枠に入れて850℃程
度に加熱し発泡させ、これを徐冷した後、ブロック状に
切断して製品とするものである。
[Prior art] The conventional method for manufacturing foam glass is to use calcium carbonate or carbon as a foaming agent in fine glass powder, add a foaming aid to the mixture, mix it, place it in a mold, and heat it to about 850°C. After foaming and slow cooling, the product is cut into blocks.

[発明が解決しようとする課ffl] しかし、前述の従来技術では、発泡剤及び発泡助剤を使
用するためこれらの成分がガラス中に残存し用途によっ
ては使用できない場合もあり、応用範囲が限定されてし
まうという問題点を有する。そこで本発明の目的は、発
泡剤及び発泡助剤を用いることなく泡ガラスを製造する
方法を提供するところにある。
[Issue to be solved by the inventionffl] However, in the above-mentioned conventional technology, since a blowing agent and a blowing aid are used, these components may remain in the glass and may not be usable depending on the purpose, which limits the scope of application. The problem is that the Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing foam glass without using a blowing agent or a blowing aid.

[課題を解決するだめの手段] 本発明のゾル−ゲル法による泡ガラスの製造方法ハ、金
属アルコキシドおよび金属酸化物の微粒子を主原料とし
て目的Jラス成分組成の液状ゾルを調製し該液状ゾルを
所望形状の密閉容器中にてゲル化させ、ウェットゲルを
作製した後、該ウェットゲルを、乾燥、焼結などの熱処
理によりガラス化するゾル−ゲル法による製造方法にお
いて、ゲルの焼結な昇温速度10℃/hr以上で行なう
ことを特徴とする。
[Means for Solving the Problem] Method for producing foam glass by the sol-gel method of the present invention C. Prepare a liquid sol having the desired glass component composition using metal alkoxide and metal oxide fine particles as main raw materials. In a manufacturing method using the sol-gel method, in which a wet gel is produced by gelling it in a sealed container of a desired shape, the wet gel is vitrified by heat treatment such as drying and sintering. It is characterized in that it is carried out at a temperature increase rate of 10° C./hr or more.

[作用] 本発明は、細孔中に水、空気などを含有する多孔性のゲ
ルの焼結を短時間で行な5こと罠より、表面層が緻密化
した時に、内部に、水、空気などが取り込まれた状態と
なる。これを更に加熱しガラス化すると低密度の泡ガラ
スが作製できるものである。
[Function] The present invention is capable of sintering a porous gel containing water, air, etc. in its pores in a short time. etc. will be imported. When this is further heated and vitrified, low-density foam glass can be produced.

[実施例] エチルシリケート、エタノール、水、アンモニア水(2
9%)をモル比で、1ニア、6:4:[108の割合に
なるように混合し、約3時間攪拌した後、室温にて静置
し、粒子を成長、熟成させた。
[Example] Ethyl silicate, ethanol, water, aqueous ammonia (2
9%) were mixed at a molar ratio of 1:1, 6:4:[108], stirred for about 3 hours, and then allowed to stand at room temperature to grow and ripen the particles.

このあと減圧濃縮することKより、分散性の良好なシリ
カ微粒子分散液を調製した。
This was then concentrated under reduced pressure to prepare a silica fine particle dispersion with good dispersibility.

次に、先のエチルシリケートの1/4iのエチルシリケ
ートを用い、重量比で1:1になるように0.02規定
の塩酸を加え、氷冷しながら約2時間攪拌することによ
り加水分解溶液を調製した。
Next, using ethyl silicate of 1/4i of the previous ethyl silicate, add 0.02N hydrochloric acid so that the weight ratio is 1:1, and stir for about 2 hours while cooling with ice to prepare a hydrolyzed solution. was prepared.

ここで前記シリカ微粒子分散液のPH値を2規定の塩酸
を添加し4.5に調整した後、エチルシリケートの加水
分解溶液を混合し、均質な液状ゾルになるまで充分に攪
拌した。その後、該液状ゾルKQ、2規定のアンモニア
水を添加し、pH値を5.0に調整し、直径20口の円
筒状の型容器に10mの高さまで注入した。さらに蓋を
して密閉状態でゲル化させウェットゲルを作製した。該
ウェットゲルを6日間静置した後、乾燥容器に移し、7
0℃に保持された恒温乾燥機にて乾燥し、はぼ10日間
で乾燥を終了し、直径14L:Tn*高さ76nの白色
ゲルが得られた。
Here, the pH value of the silica fine particle dispersion was adjusted to 4.5 by adding 2N hydrochloric acid, and then a hydrolyzed solution of ethyl silicate was mixed and stirred sufficiently until a homogeneous liquid sol was obtained. Thereafter, the liquid sol KQ and 2N aqueous ammonia were added, the pH value was adjusted to 5.0, and the mixture was poured into a cylindrical mold container with a diameter of 20 ports to a height of 10 m. Furthermore, the container was covered with a lid and allowed to gel in an airtight state to produce a wet gel. After allowing the wet gel to stand for 6 days, it was transferred to a dry container and dried for 7 days.
It was dried in a constant temperature dryer kept at 0°C, and the drying was completed in about 10 days, yielding a white gel with a diameter of 14L:Tn*height of 76n.

得られたゲルを5ルヘr、10阪へr’5[]°い10
3種類の昇温速度で加熱焼結しガラス化させたところ 
5℃/iの場合、発泡せず泡ガラスが作製できなかった
。10″’0/’hrの昇温速度で加熱焼結し得られた
ガラス体は内部に無数の気泡を含む直径30 cm 、
高さ15zの極めて低密度な泡ガラスであり、S10.
以外の成分は特に検出されなかった。
Transfer the obtained gel to 5° and 10° r'5 []°10
Vitrification by heating and sintering at three different heating rates
In the case of 5° C./i, foaming did not occur and foam glass could not be produced. The glass body obtained by heating and sintering at a heating rate of 10'''0/'hr has a diameter of 30 cm and contains numerous bubbles inside.
It is extremely low density foam glass with a height of 15z and S10.
No other components were detected.

[発明の効果] 以上のように本発明の方法によれば、発泡剤及び発泡助
剤を用いることなく泡ガラスを製造することが容易であ
る。
[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the method of the present invention, it is easy to produce foam glass without using a blowing agent or a blowing aid.

従って、今まで以上に応用範囲が広がるものと考える。Therefore, we believe that the range of applications will be expanded more than ever before.

またゾル調製工程において、!3.Ti、GetHa、
Oa、Li、At、Ts、Zr、Oe。
Also, in the sol preparation process! 3. Ti, GetHa,
Oa, Li, At, Ts, Zr, Oe.

Nd、Orなどの元素を添加することも可能であり、多
重類の多成分系ガラスおよび既存組成にはないガラスの
製造も容易である。
It is also possible to add elements such as Nd and Or, and it is easy to produce multi-component glasses and glasses that do not have existing compositions.

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] (1)金属アルコキシドおよび金属酸化物の微粒子を主
原料として目的ガラス成分組成の液状ゾルを調製し該液
状ゾルを所望形状の密閉容器中にてゲル化させ、ウェッ
トゲルを作製した後、該ウェットゲルを、乾燥、焼結な
どの熱処理によりガラス化するゾル−ゲル法による製造
方法において、ゲルの焼結を昇温速度10℃/hr以上
で行なうことを特徴とする泡ガラスの製造方法。
(1) Prepare a liquid sol with the desired glass component composition using metal alkoxide and metal oxide fine particles as main raw materials, and gel the liquid sol in a closed container of a desired shape to produce a wet gel. 1. A method for producing foam glass using a sol-gel method in which a gel is vitrified by heat treatment such as drying and sintering, the method comprising sintering the gel at a heating rate of 10° C./hr or more.
JP10962789A 1989-04-28 1989-04-28 Production of foam glass Pending JPH02289435A (en)

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
KR20020033370A (en) * 2000-10-31 2002-05-06 최낙명, 홍석범 Fire-Resistant Expanded Material From Sand and Method of Manufacture

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
KR20020033370A (en) * 2000-10-31 2002-05-06 최낙명, 홍석범 Fire-Resistant Expanded Material From Sand and Method of Manufacture

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