self-heating

The power and the self-heating of the digital portion of the IC are evaluated and the device's aging estimated.

Will Self-Heating Coffee Be Cool?

Whilst at the RCA, Champkins designed a range of Self-Heating Crockery making use of the Phase Change Material Sodium Acetate Trihydrate.

Gingerbread Man hot salt scrub by Philosophy ($25 at Sephora) heats and exfoliates, while Cinnamon Sugar Self-Heating Body Treatment by Repêchage ($28 at www.repechage.com) is meant to soothe skin and spirit after a long cold day.

Our investigations indicate that charcoal promotes the oxidation of solid sodium borohydride in air and that the consequent self-heating may result in the ignition of charcoal and hydrogen - hydrogen being produced by thermal decomposition of sodium borohydride.