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Phase Change Materials

nowlan - 10-8-2015 at 07:33

Hello, I have recently taken an interest in phase change materials, and wondering if anyone had any experience making their own?

Two common ingredients (besides paraffin)
1. Glauber's salt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_sulfate)
2. Calcium chloride hexahydrate

I have had a look at US patents via google.


Dan Vizine - 10-8-2015 at 17:01

Just out of curiosity, do you include rheological compounds in that group or does the change need to be (semi-)permanently driven to one phase or the other?


[Edited on 11-8-2015 by Dan Vizine]