Journal of
Faculty of Civil Engineering

JOURNAL OF FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
CONTEMPORARY ACHIEVEMENTS IN CIVILENGINEERING 25, 2014.y., pp. 561-569

	DOI: 10.14415/konferencijaGFS2014.076
	UDC: 691:699.8
	CC-BY-SA 4.0 license
	Author : Čeh, Arpad; Kasaš, Karolj; Kekanović, Milan; Nemeš, Rita; Karaman, Golub
	Summary:
	Thermal insulation materials based on aerogels are flexible, nanoporous materials, produced using nanotechnology in the laboratories of NASA (USA), primarily used in space exploration. Today these materials with an extremely low coefficient of thermal conductivity (λ = 0.0131 W/mK) are available for commercial use and for construction purposes. It can also be used to go together with other traditional insulating materials in certain places where the application requires a narrow strip of excellent insulating material such as around windows, doors or in a places where only a small space is available for the installation of appropriate thermo insulation in order to prevent the problem of thermal bridges. They are applicable for both extreme high and low temperatures.
	Keywords:
	Aerogel, nanotechnology, thermo insulation