Expansion material element for a thermostatic mixing valve
AssigneeGrohe AG
InventorsOle Benedikt Kostorz, Björn Riedel, Jens Reunert
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Abstract
An expansion material element (1) for a thermostatic mixing valve (2), having an expansion material (3) comprising at least one additive (4) from the group below: synthetic graphite, highly conductive graphite having a thermal conductivity of at least 350W/(m×K), boronnitride; a thermostatic mixing valve (2) having such an expansion material element (1); and a sanitary faucet (8) having such a thermostatic mixing valve (2).
Claims6
An expansion material element (1) for a thermostatic valve or a thermostatic mixing valve (2), having an expansion material (3) comprising at least one additive (4) from the group below:
- synthetic graphite,
- highly conductive graphite having a thermal conductivity of at least 350 W/(m×K), and boron nitride,
- wherein a mass fraction of the at least one additive (4) in the expansion material (3) is 50% to 80%.
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