Effects of Biceramic AlN-SiC Microparticles on the Thermal Properties of Paraffin for Thermal Energy Storage

Table 1

Specifications of as-received materials.

Material	Average particle size (μm)	(g/cm^3) at 25°C [18]	(W/m·K) at 25°C	(J/kg·K) at 0–100°C	Melting point (°C) [18]
Paraffin wax	—	0.90	<0.4 [19]	2140–2900 [20]	53–57 (ASTM D87)
Aluminium nitride (AlN)	6.0	3.26	320 [21]	819.7 [22]	>2200
Silicon carbide (SiC)	67.8	3.22	270 [21]	675.4 [23]	2700