3D-Printed Elastocaloric Cooling Material

Dec-03-19 A 3D-printed cooling material that doesn’t fatigue could make refrigeration and cooling units more eco-friendly.

Elastocaloric materials offer a greener alternative to gas-driven cooling technology, transferring heat through the application and removal of stress.

Building on that technology, the team from the American Association for the Advancement of Science created a high-performance, solid-state elastocaloric cooling material using laser directed-energy deposition 3D printing. The new material is made up of a nickel-rich fusion of nickel and titanium powders, making it extremely fatigue resistant and able to withstand more than one million elastocaloric heat-pumping cycles.

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