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A refrigerator and/or freezer incorporates one or more reactors containing a complex compound of a metal salt and a polar gas adsorbed thereon in which the volumetric expansion of the complex compound is restricted during adsorption, and which reactors comprise one or reaction chambers having a maxi

A refrigerator and/or freezer incorporates one or more reactors containing a complex compound of a metal salt and a polar gas adsorbed thereon in which the volumetric expansion of the complex compound is restricted during adsorption, and which reactors comprise one or reaction chambers having a maximum means mass diffusion path length of less than about 15 mm, and/or a maximum thermal diffusion path length of less than 1.5 mm.

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A cooling apparatus comprising: (a) a cabinet, case or container having a cooling chamber therein; (b) one or more reactors each containing a complex compound formed by adsorbing a polar gas on a metal salt, and in which said reactors said polar gas is alternately adsorbed and desorbed on said compl

A cooling apparatus comprising: (a) a cabinet, case or container having a cooling chamber therein; (b) one or more reactors each containing a complex compound formed by adsorbing a polar gas on a metal salt, and in which said reactors said polar gas is alternately adsorbed and desorbed on said complex compound, said metal salt comprising a halide, nitrate, nitrite, oxalate, perchlorate, sulfate or sulfite of an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, transition metal, zinc, cadmium, tin or aluminum, or sodium borofluoride or a double metal chloride or bromide, and wherein said complex compound is formed by restricting the volumetric expansion and controlling the density thereof during said adsorption of said polar gas on said metal salt, whereby said complex compound is capable of increased reaction rates in the number of moles of said polar gas adsorbed and/or desorbed per mole of said complex compound per hour at adsorption or desorption times of less than 60 minutes, respectively, as compared to a complex compound formed without restricting the volumetric expansion and controlling the density thereof, wherein said one or more reactors comprise one or more reaction chambers having a maximum mean mass diffusion path length of less than about 15 mm; (c) condenser means for condensing said polar gas and evaporator means thermally exposed to said cooling chamber for providing cooling therein and conduits for directing said polar gas from said one or more reactors to said condenser means, and from said evaporator means to said one or more reactors, and (d) heating means cooperating with said one or more reactors for heating said complex compound therein.