Polymer alloys with balanced heat storage capacity and engineering attributes and applications thereof
- Lansing, MI
A thermoplastic polymer of relatively low melt temperature is blended with at least one of thermosets, elastomers, and thermoplastics of relatively high melt temperature in order to produce a polymer blend which absorbs relatively high quantities of latent heat without melting or major loss of physical and mechanical characteristics as temperature is raised above the melting temperature of the low-melt-temperature thermoplastic. The polymer blend can be modified by the addition of at least one of fillers, fibers, fire retardants, compatibilisers, colorants, and processing aids. The polymer blend may be used in applications where advantage can be taken of the absorption of excess heat by a component which remains solid and retains major fractions of its physical and mechanical characteristics while absorbing relatively high quantities of latent heat.
- Research Organization:
- DPD INC
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-99ER82780
- Assignee:
- Technova Corporation (Okemos, MI)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 6488865
- OSTI ID:
- 874913
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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