Smart materials
- Created by: Alex Stephens
- Created on: 30-05-14 10:44
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- Smart materials
- Smart glass
- Used to change light transmission properties of windows or skylights when a voltage is applied.
- Advantages
- Controls amount of heat passing through a window, saving energy costs.
- Provides shade from harmful UV rays.
- Provides privacy.
- Disadvantages
- Requires constant supply of electricity and expensive to install.
- Speed of control and degree of transparency.
- Thermochromic pigments
- Combined with polymers and used in kettles which change colour when boiling and return to original colour when cool.
- Advantages
- Immediate visual indication of temperature.
- Safety feature.
- Aesthetic 'novelty' appeal.
- Disadvantages
- Limited colour range.
- Not possible to engineer accurate temperature settings to colour changes.
- Smart glass
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