Positive influence of expanded graphite on the physical behavior of phase change materials based on linear low-density polyethylene and paraffin wax

Thermochimica Acta

Volumn 614, Issue , 2015, Pages 218-225

  Krupa, Igor ^a   Nógellová, Zuzana ^b   Špitalský, Zdenko ^c   Malíková, Marta ^b   Sobolčiak, Patrik ^a   Abdelrazeq, Haneen W ^a,e   Ouederni, Mabrouk ^c   Karkri, Mustapha ^d   Janigová, Ivica ^b   Al Maadeed, Mariam Ali S A ^a,e  

^a Qatar University   (Qatar)

^b POLYMER INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^c Qatar Petrochemical Company   (Qatar)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^e Qatar University   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Expanded graphite; Heat absorption; Leakage; Paraffin wax; Phase change materials

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTIC MODULI; GRAPHITE; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; POLYETHYLENES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; EXPANDED GRAPHITE; HEAT ABSORPTION; PHYSICAL BEHAVIORS; REINFORCING EFFECTS; SOLID-LIQUID TRANSITION; SOLID-SOLID TRANSITIONS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84937061339     PISSN: 00406031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tca.2015.06.028     Document Type: Article

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