Electrochemical heater and method for sterilizing

An electrochemical heating pad, said pad comprising:

• a cardboard corrugated sheet having alternating peaks and valleys,
• elongated compartments between said peaks and between said valleys and having sidewalls between said peaks and valleys,
• a dry mixture operable to be wetted and activated with an activating liquid to generate heat through electrochemical reactions, said mixture disposed in at least some of said elongated compartments,
• said cardboard corrugated sheet further comprising a base sheet attached to said valleys and said elongated compartments comprise enclosed channels between said peaks and between said valleys and said base sheet and said mixture disposed in at least some of said enclosed compartments.

An electrochemical heating pad, said pad comprising:

• a cardboard corrugated sheet having alternating peaks and valleys,
• elongated compartments between said peaks and between said valleys and having sidewalls between said peaks and valleys,
• a dry mixture operable to be wetted and activated with an activating liquid to generate heat through electrochemical reactions, said mixture disposed in at least some of said elongated compartments,
• said dry mixture comprising Magnesium in a range of 80% to 95% by weight, Iron in a range of 3% to 6% by weight, and Calcium Nitrate in a range of 1% to 2% by weight.

An electrochemical heating pad, said pad comprising:

• a cardboard corrugated sheet having alternating peaks and valleys,
• elongated compartments between said peaks and between said valleys and having sidewalls between said peaks and valleys,
• a dry mixture operable to be wetted and activated with an activating liquid to generate heat through electrochemical reactions, said mixture disposed in at least some of said elongated compartments,
• said dry mixture comprising about 83.5% Magnesium by weight, about 4.0% Iron by weight, about 11.0% Salt by weight, and about 1.5% Calcium Nitrate by weight.

An electrochemical heating pad, said pad comprising:

• a cardboard corrugated sheet having alternating peaks and valleys,
• elongated compartments between said peaks and between said valleys and having sidewalls between said peaks and valleys,
• a dry mixture operable to be wetted and activated with an activating liquid to generate heat through electrochemical reactions, said mixture disposed in at least some of said elongated compartments,
• said dry mixture comprising about 92.7% Magnesium by weight, about 5.5% Iron by weight, and about 1.8% Calcium Nitrate by weight.

An electrochemical heating pad, said pad comprising:

• at least one compartment,
• a dry mixture operable to be wetted and activated with an activating liquid to generate heat through electrochemical reactions, said mixture disposed in said compartment,
• said dry mixture comprising Magnesium in a range of 80% to 95% by weight, Iron in a range of 3% to 6% by weight, and Calcium Nitrate in a range of 1% to 2% by weight, and
• at least a portion of said compartment made of a porous material.

An electrochemical heating module comprising:

• an exothermic electrochemical heating pad,
• a tray for holding said heating pad and an activator liquid stored in a liquid storage container, and
• a sealable container for receiving said tray, heating pad, and activator liquid,
• a disinfecting agent suitably stored to be mixed with said activator liquid and said pad.