The invention relates to a preparation method of a low-density
boride aerogel material, and aims to solve the problems of
high density,
large pore diameter and poor heat insulation performance of the existing
boride ceramic material with a porous structure, the method comprises the following steps: 1) preparing
tannic acid-
formaldehyde sol, and pre-gelling at a constant temperature; 2) preparing M / B precursor
sol, and carrying out pregelation at a constant temperature; 3) mixing the
tannic acid-
formaldehyde sol and the M / B precursor sol, and fully and uniformly stirring to obtain mixed sol; 4) sealing and storing the mixed sol at a constant temperature to obtain
boride precursor wet gel; (5) carrying out absolute ethyl
alcohol replacement on the boride precursor wet gel, and
drying at normal pressure to obtain boride precursor
aerogel; and 6) carrying out high-temperature
sintering on the boride precursor
aerogel in a tubular furnace to obtain the pure-phase boride aerogel. The low-density boride aerogel material with a complete structure can be obtained, the material
phase purity is high, the density and aperture are adjustable, the light absorption performance is excellent, the maximum
porosity is-95%, and the low-density boride aerogel material has wide application prospects in the field of
thermal protection of aircrafts as a light
thermal insulation material.