Buildings
Structure, lining, insulation or finish depending on family.
Matériau à changement de phase earns its keep in systems: a beam, a batt, a fibre blend, a coated steel — rarely a lone coupon.
Products below are cultural landmarks as much as SKUs.
Secteurs
Transport
Mass, fire and fatigue rewrite the grade list.
Energy
Heat, voltage and hydrogen compatibility.
Consumer
The volume that pays for the mill.
Medical / food
When allowed — extractables and allergies matter.
Defence / safety
Ballistics, FR clothing, fire stops.
Produits
Maria Telkes
1948
Glauber’s salt
historic
Micronal board
2000s
Ice pack
20th c.–
NASA PCM vest
1990s–
Cold-chain box
2010s–
Paraffin candle physics
historic
Battery PCM pad
2020s
Appariements
mineral-wool
Blocks heat flow; PCM stores it.
vacuum-insulation
Thickness killer; no latent trick.
gypsum-board
The usual PCM carrier in interiors.
aerogel
Ultra-low λ without a melt plateau.
If the pairing is wrong, the material will be blamed for a system fault.
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Laine minérale
Roche ou verre fondus filés en panneaux A1 : l’isolant incombustible par défaut.
Global 69 🧽Mousse de polyuréthane
La mousse organique à faible λ des frigos et bâtiments. Le feu exige PIR et parements honnêtes.
Global 46 📦Panneau sous vide
Sandwich à vide scellé : λ ~0,004–0,008 tant que l’enveloppe tient.
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