How to Make Silica Aerogel Podcast Part 2 – Supercritical Drying

The long-awaited second installment of our two-part series “How to Make Silica Aerogel” has finally been posted! Learn how to transform gels into aerogels using supercritical drying in this detailed podcast. A great in-depth guide for those of you interested in making your own aerogels and building your own supercritical dryer, or if you’re already making aerogels but have problems with the aerogels turning out white or cracked.

You can learn how to build your own supercritical dryer and read a detailed step-by-step guide on how to do supercritical drying under the Make section.

By the way, if you think all of this is too hard for you to do yourself, know at least three high school students have done all of this without significant budgets or university laboratories!

As always questions and comments are welcome.