Compendium of Thermophysical Property Measurement Methods, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984 Volume 1 Survey of Measurement Techniques

The need for reliable data on thermophysical and thermal optical properties of solid materials grows continually and increasingly. Existing property data, except for selected pure elements and for some simple alloys and compounds, are often not reliable, so in many cases the need for correct and acceptably accurate information can only be met through the measurement of a given property. The measurement-that is, the selection of the measurement method, building or purchase of the apparatus, and the measurement procedure itself­ carries many hidden hazards because methods and their variants are numerous and not appropriate for all materials and temperature ranges, and have many subtle sources of systematic errors, known only to those who have thoroughly studied them. The need for a concise yet complete reference work describing thermo­ physical and thermal optical property measurement techniques, and ultimately, reliable and detailed directions for property measurement discussed at the Sixth European Thermophysical Properties Conference in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia in 1978, led its International Organizing Committee to launch an international cooperative project with these objectives. This reference work, the Compendium of Thermophysical Property Measurement Methods, is the result of the first phase of work on this program. It is a summary of the state-of-the-art methods for the measurement of thermal and electrical conductivity, thermal diffusivity, specific heat, thermal expansion, and thermal radiative properties of solid materials, from room temperature to very high temperatures.

I. Thermal Conductivity Measurement Methods.- 1. Axial Heat Flow Methods of Measuring Thermal Conductivity.- 2. Analysis of Apparatus with Radial Symmetry for Steady-State Measurements of Thermal Conductivity.- 3. Thermophysical Property Determinations Using Direct Heating Methods.- 4. Guarded Hot-Plate Method for Thermal Conductivity Measurements.- 5. Hot-Wire Method for the Measurement of the Thermal Conductivity of Refractory Materials.- 6. B.S. 1902 Panel Test Method for the Measurement of the Thermal Conductivity of Refractory Materials.- II. Electrical Conductivity Measurement Methods.- 7. High-Temperature Measurements of Electrical Conductivity.- III. Thermal Diffusivity Measurement Methods.- Thermal Diffusivity: Introduction.- 8. Pulse Method for Thermal Diffusivity Measurement.- 9. Temperature Wave Techniques.- 10. Electron Bombardment Modulated Heat Input Method.- 11. Monotonic Heating Regime Methods for the Measurement of Thermal Diffusivity.- IV. Specific Heat Measurement Methods.- Specific Heat: An Introduction.- 12. Adiabatic Calorimetry.- 13. Heat-Capacity Calorimetry by the Method of Mixtures.- 14. Levitation Calorimetry.- 15. Modulation Calorimetry.- 16. Pulse Calorimetry.- 17. Application of Differential Scanning Calorimetry to the Measurement of Specific Heat.- V. Thermal Expansion Measurement Methods.- 18. Thermal Expansion Measurement by Interferometry.- VI. Thermal Radiative Property Measurement.- 19. Measurement of Thermal Radiation Properties of Materials.- VII. Thermophysical Property Standard Reference Materials.- 20. Certified Reference Materials for Thermophysical Properties.