Research Article
Solar Cooker Study under Oman Conditions for Late Evening Cooking Using Stearic Acid and Acetanilide as PCM Materials
Table 1
Thermophysical properties of the phase change materials.
| Name | Stearic acid | Acetanilide |
| Chemical structure | C17H35CO2H | C8H9NO | Molecular weight, g/mol | 284.4772 | 135.17 | Melting point, °C | 69.5 | 114–116 | Heat of fusion, J/g | 192.09 | 162.90 | Density, kg/m3 | 847 | 1219 |
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