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From the Precursor to a Sol

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The definition of sol-gel process, clearly indicates that the formation of an inorganic chemical gel is the result of a “progressive” transformation; the process is continuous but different stages can be defined with the caution that clear identification of every stage is hampered by the overlapping of several competing processes such as hydrolysis and condensation .

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    Detailed descriptions of sol-gel inorganic materials and processes can be found in two comprehensive Handbooks: 1. Handbook of sol-gel science and technology, ed. by Sumio Sakka. Kluwer Academic Publishing. 2. The sol-gel handbook, ed. by David Levy and Marcos Zayat. Wiley-VCH, 2015, and the “classic” textbook of Jeffrey Brinker and George Scherer “Sol-Gel Science”, Academic Press 1990.

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Innocenzi, P. (2016). From the Precursor to a Sol. In: The Sol to Gel Transition. SpringerBriefs in Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39718-4_2

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