Measurements of Thermophysical Properties for Industry

Materials science is currently witnessing an impressive acceleration of activities. New advanced materials are constantly emerging. The materials that will be used or needed in the next decade are not yet known. Since such materials are often used in special environments or under extreme conditions of temperature and pressure, their careful characterization must be done not only at the early stage of their development but also in their entire life cycle. Furthermore, their properties as a function of temperature and pressure must be well established for the optimal control of their processability. Undoubtedly, thermal and calorimetric techniques are essential in this respect. In relating thermal as well as mechanical behavior to materials structures, these techniques are perfectly adapted to provide accurate data in wide ranges of temperature and pressure. 

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Ghosal K, Chem RT, Ereeman BD, Savariar RJ (1995) J Polym Sci B Polym Phys 33 657 Grolier JPE, Dan E (2004) Calorimetric measurements of thermophysical properties for industry. In Letcher T (ed) Chemical thermodynamics for industry. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, p 144... 

Professor Wakeham is interested in the relationship between the bulk thermophysical properties of fluids and the intermolecular forces between the molecules that comprise them. Thus, at one extreme, he is involved in the determination of intermolecular forces from measurements of macroscopic properties and the development and application of the statistical mechanics and kinetic theory that interrelate them. He is also actively involved in the measurement of the thermophysical properties of fluids under a very wide variety of thermodynamic states. The same thermophysical properties find application in the process industries within the design of a plant. A part of Professor Wakeham s activities are therefore concerned with the representation and extension of a body of accurate information on thermophysical properties in a fashion that allows their use with software packages for process simulation. 

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