Test method thermal diffusivity

Test Method for Thermal Diffusivity of Carbon and Graphite by a Thermal Pulse Method... 

ASTM E1952, 2001. Standard test method for thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity by modulated temperature differential scanning calorimetry. 

The thermal diffusivities of each composite were measured at 673K, 1073K, 1273K, 1373K and 1473K by laser-flash method. The thermal conductivity coefficient, the product of thermal diffusivity, specific heat and density, are plotted as a function of the concentration of PSZ and test temperature in Fig. 2 and Fig.3. In Fig. 2, the thermal conductivity coefficient at room temperature is plotted simultaneously. From... 

The test methods mostly follow British Standards, but some are more closely related to the ISO tests. Care must be taken to ensure that the correct sample size is u.sed. The determination of water absorption by diffusion is based on the Swiss Standard SIA 279 Part 5.07 [13] (see Section 2.6 below). Similarly the properties of extruded board are specified in BS 3837, Part 2, 1990 [14]. BS 3927, 1986 [15], specifies rigid phenolic foam for thermal insulation in the form of slabs and profiled sections. The material is classified as types A. B. and C. which differ principally in thermal conductivity, water vapor permeability and apparent water absorption. Thermal conductivity is measured by methods described in BS 4370, Part 2, Method 7 [16] or Appendix B of BS 874 [17]. ... 

ASTM E1461 (1992). Test method for thermal diffusivity of solids by the flash method. 

Thermal Diffusivity - The thermal diffusivity [D = k/(pCp)] of S10C-N312 BN 2-D composites was determined by the laser flash method in which a laser is used as a heat source and the thermal pulse transmission speed is measured in the desired orientation. Thermal diffusivity measurements were made both in-plane and through-plane ofthe 2-D composite. The specimen size was 9x9x2 mm square. The thermal diffusivity was calculated from solution of the diffusion equation for heat flow with the known boundary conditions. Details of this procedure are found in ASTM Standard Test Method E37.05 (Thermal Diffusivity by the Flash Method). 

Thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, and specific heat have been measured during nonsteady-state sample heating using the installation and methods described in Ref. 1. Test samples were... 

The laser flash method is used for thermal diffusivity measurements. In this technique, a laser is used to pulse one side of a test specimen uniformly. The temperature rise of the other side is measured using an infrared detector. This transient is then used to calculate the thermal diffusivity. While the technique is simple in concept, nonidealities such as heat loss from the front and back surfaces complicate the resulting data analysis, so that fairly complex models need to be used to extract the thermal dilfu-sivity. These calculations can be easily performed by the computers used to run the instruments. 

The line-source technique is a transient method capable of very fast measurements. A line source of heat is located at the center of the sample being tested as shown in Fig. 4. The whole is at a constant initial temperature. During the course of the measurement, a known amount of heat is produced by the line source, resulting in a heat wave propagating radially into the sample. The rate of heat propagation is related to the thermal diffusivity of the polymer. The temperature rise of the line somce varies linearly with the logarithm of time. Starting with the Fourier equation, it is possible to develop a relationship which can be used directly to calculate the thermal conductivity of the sample from the slope of the linear portion of the curve ... 

Standard Test Method for Thermal Diffusivity of Solids by the Flash Method, ASTME1461, Am. Soc. Testing and Mater. (Oct, 2,2001)... 

For a more rapid method see hot-wire method for rapid, transient heat flow methods see thermal diffusivity. Thermal Ceding Test Refractories subject to repeated changes in temperature (thermal cycling) lose strength. ASTM... 

ASTM 0714-05(2010). Standard test method for thermal diffusivity of carbon and graphite by thermal pulse method. 

The mechanisms and reasons of catalytic activity of polyaniline (PANI)-type conducting polymers toward oxygen reduction in acidic and saline solutions are investigated by electrochemical and quantum-chemical methods. The PANI/thermally expanded graphite compositions were developed for realization of fully functional air gas-diffusion electrodes. Principally new concept for creation of rechargeable metal-air batteries with such type of catalysts is proposed. The mockups of primary and rechargeable metal-air batteries with new type of polymer composite catalysts were developed and tested. 

It is important to note that Vie and Kjelstrup [250] designed a method of measuring fhe fhermal conductivities of different components of a fuel cell while fhe cell was rurming (i.e., in situ tests). They added four thermocouples inside an MEA (i.e., an invasive method) one on each side of the membrane and one on each diffusion layer (on the surface facing the FF channels). The temperature values from the thermocouples near the membrane and in the DL were used to calculate the average thermal conductivity of the DL and CL using Fourier s law. Unfortunately, the thermal conductivity values presented in their work were given for both the DL and CL combined. Therefore, these values are useful for mathematical models but not to determine the exact thermal characteristics of different DLs. 

M(lI)AlSn-LDHs with M(II) being Mg, Ni or Co were synthesized by a coprecipitation method. The influence of Sn on the thermal transformations and redox properties were investigated in detail using XRD, TG/DTA, SEM, TPR, 1 l9Sn-MAS NMR and UV-visible diffuse-reflectance (DR) spectroscopy methods. Some of these samples calcined at 450 °C were tested as catalysts in the partial oxidation of methanol (POM) reaction. In this paper we discuss briefly the effect of Sn-incorporation on the structural features and reducibility of CoAI-LDH. The catalytic performance of Co-spinel microcrystallites derived from CoAl-, and CoAlSn-LDHs was also evaluated. 

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