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Originally Posted by paulecia
Hello, I am an industrial designer and I am searching for a material that will store heat when put in the microwave and will not cool down very fast.
I am working on an alternative to the hot water bottle and for the moment I have been told the wheat can work.
Any better ideas?
Thanks
Paula
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Welcome to hypography paulecia. Your idea sounds very inspired.
If you want to store heat energy you will want a substance with high
specific heat capacity. The higher the specific heat of a substance, the more heat energy it can hold.
I believe a microwave will only heat polar molecules. Water is a polar molecule that is very good at being heated in a microwave and it also has a very high specific heat. For these reason's I'm afraid it may be the best option for what you're asking about.
However, other users here might have some better ideas. I'd suggest starting a thread in the chemistry forum. This sounds really insightful and interesting and I'm sure people would have fun with it.
Welcome again,
-modest
