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Characterization of Thermal Transport in One-dimensional Solid Materials
Published on: January 26, 2014
High-Speed (Subsecond) Measurement of Heat Capacity, Electrical Resistivity, and Thermal Radiation Properties of
1Institute for Materials Research, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. 20234.
Abstract:
Measurements of heat capacity, electrical resistivity, hemispherical total emittance, and normal spectral emittance of tungsten above 2000 K by a pulse heating technique are described. Duration of an individual experiment, in which the specimen is heated from room temperature to near its melting point, is less than one second. Temperature measurements are made with a photoelectric pyrometer. Experimental quantities are recorded with a digital data acquisition system, which has a full-scale signal resolution of one part in 8000. Time resolution of the entire system is 0.4 ms. Results on the above properties of tungsten in the range 2000 to 3600 K are reported and are compared with those in the literature. Estimated inaccuracy of measured properties in the above temperature range is: 2 to 3 percent for heat capacity, 1 percent for electrical resistivity, 3 percent for hemispherical total and normal spectral emittances.
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