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With the overall aim of storing and delivering heat at >600 °C, miscibility gap alloys (MGA) in the systems C-Al, C-Mg and C-Cu were manufactured and characterised. Samples within all three systems were able to be manufactured in which small particles of the active phase (Al, Mg or Cu, respectively) were able to be encapsulated within a graphite matrix at high volume fraction. No signs of compound formation, solid solution or oxidation were discovered using X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope analysis. All three systems are therefore worthy of further study.
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Reed, S., Sugo, H., Kisi, E. (2018). New Highly Thermally Conductive Thermal Storage Media. In: Sayigh, A. (eds) Transition Towards 100% Renewable Energy. Innovative Renewable Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69844-1_34
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