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Wax Motor

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A wax motor is a linear actuator device that converts thermal energy into mechanical energy by exploiting the phase-change behaviour of waxes . [ 1 ] During melting, wax typically expands in volume by 5–20% ( Freund et al. 1982 ) .

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