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There is disclosed an improved heat sink composition and a method for preparing said composition to protect thermolabile goods from degradation or destruction from high temperatures. A representative composition includes sodium sulfate, sodium sulfate decahydrate (also known as Glauber\s salt) and f

There is disclosed an improved heat sink composition and a method for preparing said composition to protect thermolabile goods from degradation or destruction from high temperatures. A representative composition includes sodium sulfate, sodium sulfate decahydrate (also known as Glauber\s salt) and fumed silcon dioxide, a hydrophilic suspension agent which maintains the excess anhydrous sodium sulfate in uniform suspension when the composition is in a liquid state. In a preferred embodiment, the salt prior to use is dissolved in water, and driven to saturation, the hydrophilic agent is added, and the suspension driven to an over saturated state by the additional of from 1 to 30% anhydrous salt. The composition is then sealed in a plastic container of the desired shape to form an improved heat sink. The goods to be protected are packaged with the heat sink, whose salt hydrate has a melting point about 3°C. to about 5°C. lower than the thermosensitive temperature of the goods to protect them when the temperature of the environment exceeds the temperature of the goods. In the preferred embodiment, the goods and heat sink are surrounded with a layer of insulation which is adjacent to the outside container, which may be made of cardboard, paper, plastic and/or wood.

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A method of protecting thermolabile goods having a thermosensitive temperature from high temperatures, said method comprising (a) packaging said thermolabile goods with a heat sink composition, said composition having a melting point slightly less than the thermosensitive temperature of said goods,

A method of protecting thermolabile goods having a thermosensitive temperature from high temperatures, said method comprising (a) packaging said thermolabile goods with a heat sink composition, said composition having a melting point slightly less than the thermosensitive temperature of said goods, said composition being enclosed in a container and consisting of a salt hydrate, a hydrophilic bonding agent and from 1 to 10 percent of this same salt in anhydrous form; (b) surrounding said goods and said heat sink composition with a layer of insulation, said insulation having a rate of heat transfer through the insulation that is less than the rate of that absorbance by said heat sink.