Thermal protection based on crystalline hydrates

Consideration is given to the possibility of using crystalline hydrates as a source of water, on whose evaporation most of the heat passing to the protected surface is expended. A version of the thermal protection based on silica fabric, whose pores are partly filled with a crystalline hydrate, is studied. Test results are presented. Experimental data are analyzed. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 73, No. 1, pp. 75–79, January–February, 2000.