Water based wood treatment

For a more sustainable production of wood aerogel, treatment with the water based solvent, NaOH, can give the wood template a porous structure in sub-zero conditions. However, it is found that the porosity of the wood templates treated with NaOH (aq) can be affected at room temperature conditions as well. Towards a greener aerogel production, a set of experiments has been done at room temperature using NaOH (aq). For comparison of the samples at sub-zero and room temperature conditions SAX/WAX is needed. X-ray analysis will assist to accurately measure the difference in the structure of the networks in samples treated these two conditions.