A large stroke, high force paraffin phase transition actuator

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 96, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 189-195

  Klintberg, Lena ^a   Karlsson, Mikael ^a   Stenmark, Lars ^a   Schweitz, Jan Åke ^a   Thornell, Greger ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Paraffin; Phase transition; Silicon; Thermal actuator

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY OF LIQUIDS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MELTING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARAFFIN WAXES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SILICON; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ELECTROSTATIC ATTRACTION; THERMAL ACTUATOR; THERMAL SWITCH; VOLUME EXPANSION;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0037186154     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(01)00785-3     Document Type: Article

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