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Figure 7

From: Development of sodium acetate trihydrate-ethylene glycol composite phase change materials with enhanced thermophysical properties for thermal comfort and therapeutic applications

Figure 7

Schematic and pictorial representation of heat releasing process from PCM heat packs: (a) flexing triggering device to start nucleation in supercooled liquid PCM for its solidification at t = 0 second, (b) growth of solidification at t = 5 seconds, (c) complete solidification of supercooled liquid PCM at t = 55 seconds and (d) T-history curves for heat packs consisting of water, sample A and C.

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