The current study investigates capillary-fed boiling of water from porous sintered powder wicks used in emerging high-effective-conductivity vapor chamber heat spreaders intended for management of hot spots with heat fluxes exceeding 500 W cm . Characterization of 1 mm thick wicks composed of 100 lm sintered copper particles is performed in a test facility which replicates the capillary feeding...

The current study investigates capillary-fed boiling of water from porous sintered powder wicks used in emerging high-effective-conductivity vapor chamber heat spreaders intended for management of hot spots with heat fluxes exceeding 500 W cm -2 . Characterization of 1 mm-thick wicks composed of 100 μm sintered copper particles is performed in a test facility which replicates the capillary feed...

Water vapor feedback is one of the important factors that determine the response of the atmosphere to surface warming. To take into account the compensating drying effects in downdraft regions, averaging over the whole Tropics is necessary. However, this operation drastically reduces the number of degrees of freedom and raises questions concerning the statistical significance of any correlative...

The conventional method for synthesizing waterborne polymer colloids is emulsion polymerization using surfactants. An emerging method is the use of secondary dispersions (SD) of polymers in water, which avoids the addition of any surfactant. Although there are numerous studies of the water barrier properties (sorption, diffusion, and permeability) of waterborne emulsion (Em) polymer coatings, t...

A protein concentrate (PC) was obtained from Grouper fish skin and it was used to prepare films with different amounts of sorbitol and glycerol as plasticizers. The best performing films regarding resistance were then modified with various concentrations of CaCl2, CaSO4 (calcium salts), and glucono-δ-lactone (GDL) with the purpose of improving their mechanical and barrier properties. These film...

the effect of oleic and stearic acids on the water vapor permeability (wvp) and mechanical properties of sodium caseinate films was investigated. emulsifiers (span 80 and 85) were employed to produce the base mixture of film. tensile strength (ts), elongation (e) and young's modulus (ym) were obtained for both standard (without lipids) and hydrophobic films. results showed that the additio...

probable poor cohesion. The upper surface might be slightly indurated [2]. The MER rover may have the opportunity to examine this deposit, which occurs near the center of the Gusev landing ellipse. The deposition of other airfall units in the Sinus Meridiani region coincides with increased erosional activity there, suggesting a role for airfall deposits in the delivery or mobilization of volati...

A selectively cross-linking method, which is based on the ‘‘di–diol” interaction between poly(vinyl alcohol) and borate and the strong electrostatic interaction between chitosan and tripolyphosphate, was developed. Chitosan/poly(vinyl alcohol) films cross-linked separately with borate, tripolyphosphate and borate/tripolyphosphate were then prepared in terms of this method. Water vapor permeatio...

starch is found in abundance in nature and it is one of the raw materials used for food packaging because of the low price, biodegradability, good mechanical and barrier properties. the recycling ability of coating materials was significantly increased by using edible films and coating in comparison to traditional packaging and it could be an alternative for synthetic films. in this research, t...

The precipitation efficiency of cumulus congestus clouds is investigated with a new Lagrangian particle framework for large-eddy simulations. The framework is designed to track particles representative of individual water molecules. AMonte Carlo approach facilitates the transition of particles between the different water classes (e.g., vapor, rain, or graupel). With this framework, it is possib...