Table 1.

Thermophysical properties of paraffin and copper.

Symbols	Explanations	Values Paraffin-1 (P1)	Values Paraffin-2 (P2)	Values Copper
Tm	Melting temperature	52.9 °C *	32.2 °C *	N.A.
Tp	Peak temperature	60.4 °C *	46.1 °C *	N.A.
Ls	Latent heat (solid)	128 kJ/kg *	6.91 kJ/kg *	N.A.
Ll	Latent heat (liquid)	132 kJ/kg *	33.7 kJ/kg *	N.A.
Cp	Specific heat	2.41 kJ/kg.K *	1.61 kJ/kg.K *	0.380 kJ/kg.K
ρs	Density (solid)	850 kg/m3 ***	957 kg/m3 **	8920 kg/m3
ρl	Density (liquid)	750 kg/m3 ***	895 kg/m3 **	N.A.
k	Thermal conductivity	0.2 W/m.K ***	0.2 W/m.K ***	398 W/m.K

* Received from DSC device. ** Calculated. *** Obtained from literature [12].