Boiling breakthrough: Nano-coating doubles rate of heat transfer
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 16:30
in Physics & Chemistry
By adding an incredibly thin coating of alumina to a metal surface, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have doubled the rate that heat travels from a solid surface such as a pot on a stove into the liquid in the pot. The results are published in the American Institute of Physics' journal Applied Physics Letters.