Polyacetylacetonatozirconium was used as the precursor to synthesize ZrO₂ aerogel (PAZ-ZrO₂). The physical properties of the aerogel were compared with those generated from zirconyl chloride (ZOC-ZrO₂) and zirconyl nitrate (ZON-ZrO₂). PAZ-ZrO₂ aerogel has higher compressive strength (0.12-0.23 MPa) with lower density (0.12±0.005 g/cm³) as compared to ZOC-ZrO₂ and ZON-ZrO₂ aerogel, of which the mechanical strengths are in the range of 0.02 MPa-0.15 MPa and the density of 0.13-0.17 g/cm³. After being treated at 1000 °C, the surface area (pore volume) of ZOC-ZrO₂, ZON-ZrO₂ and PAZ-ZrO₂ aerogel are 210 m²/g (1.299 cm³/g), 223 m²/g (0.444 cm³/g) and 236 m²/g (1.568 cm³/g) respectively.

聚乙酰丙酮锆用作合成ZrO ₂气凝胶（PAZ-ZrO ₂）的前体。将气凝胶的物理性质与由氧化锆氯化物（ZOC-ZrO ₂）和硝酸氧化锆（ZON-ZrO ₂）产生的物理性质进行了比较。与机械强度在此范围内的ZOC-ZrO ₂和ZON-ZrO ₂气凝胶相比，PAZ-ZrO ₂气凝胶具有更高的压缩强度（0.12-0.23 MPa），密度更低（0.12±0.005 g / cm ³）。的压力为0.02 MPa-0.15 MPa，密度为0.13-0.17 g / cm ³。在1000°C下处理后，ZOC-ZrO ₂，ZON-ZrO的表面积（孔体积）₂和PAZ-ZrO ₂气凝胶分别为210 m ² / g（1.299 cm ³ / g），223 m ² / g（0.444 cm ³ / g）和236 m ² / g（1.568 cm ³ / g）。