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    Which metal or material transfers heat the best

    Aluminum is good. Copper is about 2X better. Graphite is a little over 4X better than aluminum (along the axis of the fiber). BUT, if I were you I would use a simple heat pipe which will provide orders of magnitude performance over metal conductive heat transfer, particular if your mass...
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    Low temperature phase change materials

    I am seeking sources for low-temperature phase-change (-10 degrees C to -40 degrees C) materials, or formualae to produce them ourselves. I can find very little in the literature regarding this subject. Regards, Winthrop

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