[Stoves] Unity Stove material Ksial

[T Hastings]

Hi All,
David, you are completely correct in the origins of the material name. K
 Si  Al  . Its a unique name for a unique material. The material and
manufacturing method is really how Unity Stove can help the many stove
programs that are currently been implemented to assist the worlds poorest
people. I am an Industrial designer and I looked at the whole issue of how
could I help these programmes. I had already developed the basis of Ksial
and proven its fire resistance as a material to protect hard drives from
fire. What keeps fire out works well to keep fire in and so Ksial was born.


Richard, the ability to create varying density in one moulding is what
really improves the performance of a Ksial stove. It is inspired by some of
the strongest lightest natural structures, bones with a hard outer surface
and a cellular structure.

Now, whilst Unity Stove has developed this material to a point where it can
be trialled and demonstrated, there is still a long way to go
commercialisation and implementation. The interest generated on this board
and mailing list has and will help that development.

Best Regards

Thomas Hastings


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Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 15:14:40 -0700
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 Thomas, robert e al;

 Potassium aluminum silicate is I think Kaolin clay no ?

The smart thing is that you Bob HAstings seem to be  integrating a c of low
denisty non structural but  highly  insulative material with a shell of
harder more structural material which is either  cast into the insulative
shell by use of secondary exterior mold  or perhaps you just paint the
harder slurry material on to the surface of the insulative core material.
Kobus Venter and Rok Oblak and probably a hundred others have experimented
with the same thing in years past but you have managed to nail it down:
Clever stuff and all the best to you?
Cheers,
Richard  Stanley


On Jul 12, 2014, at 2:13 PM, David Young wrote:

On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 10:53:50AM -0600, Ronal W. Larson wrote:
>       4.  It seems likely that the main new key feature of your work is
what you have called ?Ksial?.  Could you explain more on when that will be
available from you.  Is it proprietary?  What is behind this most unusual
word?

I took it to be K Si Al, Potassium Silicon Aluminum.  Possibly those are
major constituents of the ceramic?

Dave

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David Young
dyoung at pobox.com    Urbana, IL    (217) 721-9981






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"The Unity stove is a clean burning stove for the billions who cook with
wood. A unique 21st century material combined with cottage industry
manufacturing techniques to create an economical biomass stove for the
world". Thomas Hastings
www.unitystoves.com
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