1 Université Claude Bernard, Lyon I, 69622, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
2 Laboratoire de Chimie Appliquée et Génie Chimique, CNRS UA 417, France
3 Départment de Physiques des Matériaux, CNRS UA 172, France
Abstract:
Two kinds of porosity have been found in wet gels prepared by an esterification-controlled hydrolysis: macropores and mesopores. The textural evolution during the during shows that the most dilute gel shrinks the most rapidly. The dynamical part of the Scherer model gives a good account of this observed behavior.