Apple-like Shape of Freezing Paraffin Wax Droplets and Its Origin

Apple-like Shape of Freezing Paraffin Wax Droplets and Its Origin

Paraffin wax stores energy in the form of latent heat at a nearly constant temperature during melting and releases this energy during solidification. This effect is used in industrial energy storage. At the same time, the possible deformation of even small volumes of material as a result of phase ch...

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Main Authors: Pritam Kumar Roy, Shraga Shoval, Nir Shvalb, Leonid A. Dombrovsky, Oleg Gendelman, Edward Bormashenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-08-01
Series:Materials
Subjects:
droplet
dimple
shape
freezing
paraffin wax
phase change material
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/16/16/5514

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