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[QUOTE="Greenybwa, post: 6052397, member: 650415"] Thanks Tom.G that's a good link for me to add and use. I have seen similar information in other scientific papers I have been looking at. In regards to Phylosopher, I have seen the phase diagrams in my class but I'm not sure how relevant that is for me so I'm guessing I need to brush up on phase diagrams. I don't see it being useful currently? What do you have in mind me using this for? The second image was a pretty good point for me to think about however I didn't know that it's not uniform so this gives me another route to look down thanks a lot! EDIT: I will just specific my dissertation slightly. The solar still is to be designed for people in poor conditions with limited clean drinking water, such as Sub-Saharan Africa. So this means it should be designed with cheap and readily available materials and be able to supply water to a family of 6 individuals. For this reason I'm thinking it's not a feasible option for me to fine tune the glass to be the most efficient because if the glass breaks then they would be stuck and as a result the design is not fit for purpose. So I'm thinking that going so into depth about the best and most expensive materials is not a good route and I was hoping more to get an informed idea about the physics so it can help me make a decision based on what materials might be available in Sub-Saharan Africa so when it does get damaged it is easily replaced. I guess it would be more background knowledge about the whole process is what I am looking for but like I say I can't really seem to find a decent source for this. I've been reading lots of papers about how a solar still should be designed for efficiency for example, and also which materials would be the most efficient to absorb light and interestingly enough the use of bubble wrap to improve water yield but the actual physics behind it all I'm struggling to educate myself on. Sorry for the long edit but I thought it was needed. Thanks [/QUOTE]
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