Research Article

Metal Oxide Sol-Gels (, AlO(OH), and ) to Improve the Mechanical Performance of Wood Substrates

Table 1

Hardness (Mohs scale) and refractive index of frequently used particles in the coating industry at the micrometric scale.

PropertiesAl2O3SiO2ZrO2TiO2ZnO

Hardness
(Mohs scale)
8.0-9.07.08.05.5-6.55.0
Refractive index1.7-1.81.552.152.62.02