Process for manufacturing an object from a sol-gel solution
AssigneeCommissariat a I'energie atomique et aux ene alt
InventorsTarek Fathallah, Gilles Marchand
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Abstract
A process for manufacturing an object made of a constituent material obtained from a sol-gel solution, the process including, successively: a) introducing the sol-gel solution into a mold of the object to be manufactured; b) gelling the sol-gel solution; c) drying the gel obtained in b) in the mold, by which the gel is converted into the constituent material of the object, wherein the mold includes a closed chamber and includes a material configured to allow evacuation of gases formed during b) and/or c).
Claims7
1-6. (canceled)
A process for manufacturing an object made of a constituent material obtained from a sol-gel solution, the process comprising, successively:
- a) introducing the sol-gel solution into a mold of the object to be manufactured;
- b) gelling the sol-gel solution;
- c) drying the gel obtained in b) in the mold, by which the gel is converted into the constituent material of the object, wherein the mold includes a closed chamber, isolated from ambient atmosphere surrounding the mold, once the sol-gel solution is introduced therein, and the mold includes a material configured to allow evacuation of gases formed during the b) gelling and/or the c) drying.
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