The invention relates to the related field of nano material preparation, in particular to a
millimeter-scale hydrophobic
aerogel particle and a preparation method thereof, and the
aerogel particle is a semitransparent, light blue and irregular-shaped
solid with the particle size of 1-4 mm; the
contact angle with water is larger than or equal to 120 degrees, and the total immersion
mass water
absorption rate is smaller than 1%; the
bulk density is 50-150kg / m < 3 >, and the
porosity is greater than or equal to The heat
conductivity coefficient is 0.015 W / (m.K) to 0.024 W / (m.K); the
combustion heat value is less than or equal to 3.0 MJ / kg, and the
ablation rate at 1000 DEG C is less than or equal Compared with micron-sized
aerogel powder,
millimeter-sized aerogel particles have obvious advantages, and can be applied to the fields of building
mortar, foamed boards, hollow glass, industrial pipelines, tank body heat preservation and the like as efficient heat insulation filler. According to the invention, the cost of the
silicon source is reduced by compounding and blending the inorganic / organic
silicon source, and the efficient preparation of the hydrophobic aerogel particles with low cost and high performance is realized by combining a wet gel grading and forming process with a high-temperature
supercritical drying technology.