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Acoustic Performance of Silica Aerogel Composites

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Silica Aerogel Composites

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Acoustics is the interdisciplinary science that deals with the study of mechanical waves and vibrations in the three states of matter with the aid of a medium to propagate. Sound is often described as audible waves and vibrations in the spectrum of 20–20 kHz.

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    Mahesh Sachithanadam & Sunil Chandrakant Joshi

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Sachithanadam, M., Joshi, S.C. (2016). Acoustic Performance of Silica Aerogel Composites. In: Silica Aerogel Composites. Engineering Materials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0440-7_7

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