Thermophysical properties of high-density graphite foams and their paraffin composites

Xinxing Tan Cailiao/New Carbon Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-34

  Song, Jin Liang ^a,b   Guo, Quan Gui ^a   Zhong, Ya Juan ^a   Gao, Xiao Qing ^a   Feng, Zhi Hai ^c   Fan, Zhen ^c   Shi, Jing Li ^a   Liu, Lang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COAL CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

^c AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS AND PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat transfer enhancement; High density graphite foams; Paraffin

Indexed keywords

CARBONIZATION; ELECTRONIC COOLING; FOAMS; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITIZATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CARBONISATION; FOAM BEHAVIORS; FOAMING TEMPERATURE; GRAPHITE FOAM; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HIGH DENSITY GRAPHITE FOAMS; MESOCARBON MICROBEADS; MESOPHASE PITCH; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS;

PARAFFINS;

EID: 84863360535     PISSN: 20971605     EISSN: 18725805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-5805(12)60002-X     Document Type: Article

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