Impact Factor (2025): 6.9
DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
Studies
carried out to improve the thermal insulation of architectural structures are
made possible by the development and use of innovative building materials
thanks to modern technology. In this study, it was aimed to obtain superior
thermal insulation properties by adding silica aerogel powders with excellent
thermal insulation ability to plaster (plaster of paris), which is a classic
building material. Thus, within the scope of the study, experimental plaster
samples were prepared by adding silica aerogel material, synthesized with
superhydrophobic properties using commercial casting sand, at low reinforcement
ratios of 0 wt%, 0.5 wt%, 1 wt%, 2 wt%, and 5 wt% into the plaster material.
After a waiting period of 28 days, thermal conductivity and water absorption
tests were performed to examine the effect of superhydrophobic silica aerogel
additive on experimental plaster samples and to determine their physical
properties. As a result of the experiments, it was observed that increasing the
amount of superhydrophobic silica aerogel reinforcement positively affected the
thermal conductivity and water absorption properties of the material, and it
was understood that the properties of the material could be improved. With the
use of superhydrophobic silica aerogel as an additive material to plaster
building material, this study provides innovative information to the literature
related to architectural building materials and applications.
Country : Turkey
IRJIET, Volume 7, Issue 2, February 2023 pp. 93-97