Patent ID: 9546312
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: C09K

Claim:
1. A method for providing thermal protection to a heat sensitive device comprising the steps of: (a) providing an amount of a carbohydrate endotherm sufficient to effect the required heat absorption, wherein the carbohydrate endotherm is selected from the group consisting of at least one of a sugar and a starch; (b) providing an oxygen scavenger in proximity to the carbohydrate; (c) positioning the carbohydrate endotherm and the oxygen scavenger in proximity to the heat sensitive device, the oxygen scavenger being effective to establish a substantially non-oxidizing environment in the vicinity of the carbohydrate endotherm; and (d) allowing the carbohydrate endotherm to effect a desired level of heat absorption to provide thermal protection to the heat sensitive device at least in part based on irreversible decomposition.