Effect of carbon nanofiber additives on thermal behavior of phase change materials

Carbon

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 3067-3074

  Elgafy, Ahmed ^a   Lafdi, Khalid ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofibers; Paraffin wax; Shear mixing; Thermal analysis; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COOLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SOLIDIFICATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ANALYTICAL MODEL; CARBON NANOFIBERS; COOLING RATE; NANOCOMPOSITES;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 24944525809     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2005.06.042     Document Type: Article

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