The suspension gives space for air to circulate around the hard drive, and the metal material increases the temperature conduction.
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However, it is not possible to anneal the metal oxides, an active material, at this high temperature on flexible polymer substrates.
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Well, the magical moisture-absorbing material may get even better, as the plan is to increase the amount of water the material can hold and lower the temperature threshold for its release.
The third is to be certain that the temperature gradient which that badly conducting material creates is not frittered away by poor design.
Titan will allow researchers to improve the calculations of a material's magnetic states as they vary by temperature.
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Because the material can be heated uniformly, only half the temperature is needed.
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In 1931 American chemical engineer Samuel Kistler invented the lightest known solid--an aerogel--by drying a form of silicon dioxide (a raw material for glass) under intense pressure and high temperature.
No one has been able to produce a ferrous material that can act like a silicon microprocessor at room temperature.
Some of the suggestions include using molten lead as the coolant for the system, but the reactor would run at a temperature above 700 degrees C. when the material becomes corrosive.
The slim devices are arranged in rows across a support structure made of silicon carbide, a very light and very stiff material that will not bend or warp when it experiences the temperature extremes of space.
The pad contains phase-changing-wax-like material that melts at about 37 degrees Celsius human body temperature and stays at this exact temperature for four to six hours.
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Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology and Hong Kong Polytechnic have leveraged those temperature swings to help solve the arid region hydration conundrum with a cotton material that absorbs water straight from the surrounding air.
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