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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
George A Lane, Midland, MI (US);
Harold E Rossow, Midland, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252 70 ; 16510417 ; 165902 ;
Abstract
A reversible liquid/solid phase change composition comprising a eutectic composition of CaBr.sub.2 .multidot.6H.sub.2 O and CaBr.sub.2 .multidot.4H.sub.2 O, having more than 5.4 but less than 6.0 moles of H.sub.2 O per mole of CaBr.sub.2. The composition optionally includes additives selected from KBr and NaBr to lower the melting point of the composition. The composition optionally also includes a nucleating agent selected from Ba and Sr salts to reduce supercooling of the composition to 5.degree. C. or less.