Measurement of the thermal conductivity of molten InSb under microgravity

Thermal conductivity of molten InSb was measured on board the TEXUS-24 sounding rocket by the transient hot-wire method using the originally designed thermal conductivity measurement facility (TCMF). Measurements made through this facility were affected by natural convection on the ground. This natural convection was confirmed to be sufficiently suppressed during a microgravity environment. The thermal conductivity of molten InSb was 15.8 and 18.2 W·m^–1·K^–1 at 830 and 890 K, respectively.     

The thermal conductivity of benzene and toluene

The thermal conductivity of liquid toluene and benzene was measured in the temperature range 298 to 370 K, near the saturation line, using an absolute transient hot-wire technique. The measurements were made in a modified version of an existing instrument, equipped with a new automatic Wheatstone bridge, computer controlled. The bridge measures the time that the resistance of a 7-m-diameter platinum wire takes to reach predetermined values, programmed by the computer. The computer can generate up to 1024 analog voltages, via a 12-bit D/A converter. The accuracy of the measurements with this new arrangement was assessed by measuring the thermal conductivity of a primary standard, toluene, at several temperatures and was found to be of the order of 0.3%. Benzene was chosen because it is under study as a possible secondary standard for liquid thermal conductivity by the Subcommittee on Transport Properties of IUPAC.Paper presented at the Tenth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 20–23, 1988, Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.A.     

The thermal conductivity of toluene and water

A new instrument is presented to measure the thermal conductivity of polar and electrically conducting liquids based on the transient coated hot-wire method. The performance of the apparatus has been assessed with toluene and water, which are recognized as standard reference materials for nonpolar and polar fluids, respectively. New results are reported fort the thermal conductivity of these liquids between 298 and 370 K and at pressures slightly above the saturation. The results show that the instrument is capable of an accuracy better than ±0.5%, while the precision and reproducibility are better than ±0.3%.     

Measurements of the thermal conductivity of aqueous LiBr solutions at pressures up to 40 MPa

This paper describes absolute measurements of the thermal conductivity of aqueous LiBr solutions in the concentration range 5 to 15m (molality), the temperature range 30 to 100°C, and the pressure range 0.1 to 40 MPa. The measurements have been performed with the aid of a transient hot-wire apparatus employing a thin tantalum wire coated with an anodic tantalum pentoxide insulation layer. In using the tantalum wire, a modification of the bridge circuit has been made to keep the electric potential of the wire always higher than the ground level in order to protect the insulation layer from breakdown. The experimental data, which have an estimated accuracy of ±0.5%, have been correlated in terms of the polynomials of concentration, temperature, and pressure for practical use. Also, it has been found that the pressure coefficient of the thermal conductivity decreases with increasing concentrations.     

The thermal conductivity and viscosity of benzene

New absolute measurements of the thermal conductivity of liquid benzene are reported. The measurements have been carried out in the temperature range 295–340 K, at atmospheric pressure, in a transient hot-wire instrument. The accuracy of the measurements is estimated to be ±0.5%. The measurements presented in this paper have been used, in conjunction with other high-pressure measurements of thermal conductivity and viscosity, to develop a consistent theoretically based correlation for the prediction of these properties. The proposed scheme permits the density dependence of the thermal conductivity and viscosity of benzene, for temperatures between 295 and 375 K and pressures up to 400 MPa, to be represented successfully by two equations containing just two parameters characteristic of the fluid at each temperature.     

A computer-controlled instrument for the measurement of the thermal conductivity of liquids

A new instrument for the measurement of the thermal conductivity of liquids by the transient hot-wire method is described. The instrument has features in common with earlier versions but employs a novel technique for the determination of the transient temperature rise of the hot wire during the course of a measurement. New determinations of the thermal conductivity of toluene confirm the accuracy of the instrument to be better than 0.5%.     

瞬态热线法液体导热系数测试系统的研制

根据瞬态热线法测量导热系数的原理,研制了测量装置和数据采集系统.利用阳极氧化的方式,在热线表面进行绝缘处理,使其能够适用于导电性或者极性物质的导热系数的研究.为了检验该系统的性能,在常温常压下对蒸馏水的导热系数进行了测量.测试结果表明,该系统能够满足导热系数测试的需要.     

Toward standard reference values for the thermal conductivity of high-temperature melts

The paper describes the progress made in the development of an instrument for the measurement of the thermal conductivity of molten materials at high temperatures. The instrument is designed to provide experimental data of unique accuracy at temperatures up to 1500 K on a wide range of materials, some of which will be suitable as standard reference substances. In particular, the paper concentrates upon the method of analysis of the experimental data and upon those critical aspects of the experimental technique which will enable a high accuracy to be achieved. Demonstrations of the validity of the method of treating one correction and of its behavior under typical conditions are included. Paper presented at the Fourth Asian Thermophysical Properties Conference, September 5–8, 1995, Tokyo, Japan.     

The thermal conductivity of talc as a function of pressure and temperature

Talc is a commonly used pressure-transmitting and gasket material for high-temperature and -pressure applications. The thermal conductivity of talc at high pressures and temperatures is therefore valuable in the design of high-pressure experiments and apparatus. In this paper measurements of the thermal conductivity of fired and unfired talc are presented. Measurements were made at pressures ranging from 0 to 2.5 GPa and temperatures from 150 to 900 K. The thermal conductivity was measured with the hotwire technique. The thermal conductivity results for both the fired and the unfired talc show a slight increase with increasing pressure. The absolute value of the thermal conductivity of talc is lower in the fired material than in the unfired material. In both cases, the thermal conductivity varied less than 15% over the temperature range studied. X-Ray diffraction studies have shown talc to be highly disordered. The results are shown to be consistent with those expected for a disordered crystal.Paper presented at the Tenth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 20–23, 1988, Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.A.     

Absolute measurements of the thermal conductivity of alcohols by the transient hot-wire technique

New absolute measurements of the thermal conductivity of methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol, pentanol, and hexanol at atmospheric pressure and in the temperature range 290–350 K are reported. The overall uncertainty in the reported thermal conductivity data is estimated to be better than ±0.5%, an estimate confirmed by the measurement of the thermal conductivity of water. The measurements presented in this paper have been used to develop a consistent theoretically based correlation for the prediction of the thermal conductivity of alcohols. The proposed scheme, based on an extention of the rigid-sphere model, permits the density dependence of the thermal conductivity of alcohols, for temperatures between 290 and 350 K and atmospheric pressure, to be represented successfully by an equation containing just one parameter characteristic of the fluid at each temperature.Paper presented at the Tenth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 20–23, 1988, Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.A.     

The thermal conductivity of the molten NaNO3-KNO3 eutectic between 525 and 590 K

Molten salts are one of the few remaining classes of fluids for which standardquality (±1% accuracy) data on thermal conductivity have not hitherto been available. We have therefore developed a new apparatus based on the transient hot-wire technique to obtain reference-quality measurements of the thermal conductivity of molten salts at high temperatures. Liquid metal-filled quartz capillaries served as insulated hot wires in our method, and in addition, a two-wire technique was used in order to obtain absolute values of the thermal conductivity. New data for the NaNO₃-KNO₃ eutectic between 525 and 590 K are reported in this paper and comparisons with other recent measurements are shown.     

A transient hot-wire method for measuring the thermal conductivity of gases and liquids

In this paper we describe a version of a transient hot-wire apparatus which employs an integrating digital voltmeter to measure the bridge out-of-balance signal. The integrating period of the voltmeter is variable and is routinely set equal to one 60-Hz power-line cycle, 16.67 ms. Use of measurement or integration periods less than an integral multiple of the power-line period results in substantially more electronic noise and a significant degradation in experimental precision. A correction to the working equation which accounts for the integration of the out-of-balance signal is also presented. The precision of the digital voltmeter used with the apparatus is ±0.1 V, which translates into an ultimate precision of ±0.03 mK in the measured temperature rise. In practice the precision in the temperature rise is typically ±0.3 mK, which represents a moderate improvement over the precision generally obtained with transient techniques employing automatic bridge balancing schemes. Although the current apparatus is designed principally for measurements of the thermal conductivity of liquids, it can been used for gas-phase measurements, with some decrease in accuracy due to the somewhat larger heat capacity correction which must be applied to the temperature rise measurements. The operation of the instrument was verified by measuring the thermal conductivities of toluene and nitrogen. Preliminary data are presented for the new environmentally acceptable fluorocarbons such as R-134a (CF₃CH₂F), R-123 (CHCl₂CF₃), and R-141b (CCl₂FCH₃).Paper presented at the Tenth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 20–23, 1988, Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.A.     

The thermal conductivity of liquid argon for temperatures between 110 and 140 K with pressures to 70 MPa

The paper presents new experimental measurements of the thermal conductivity of liquid argon for four temperatures between 110 and 140 K with pressures to 70 MPa and densities between 23 and 36 mol · L ^–1. The measurements were made with a transient hot-wire apparatus. A curve fit of each isotherm allows comparison of the present results to those of others and to correlations. The results are sufficiently detailed to illustrate several features of the liquid thermal conductivity surface, for example, the dependence of its curvature on density and temperature. If these details are taken into account, the comparisons show the accuracy of the present results to be 1 %. The present results, along with several other sets of data, are recommended for selection as standard thermal conductivity data along the saturated liquid line of argon, extending the standards into the cryogenic temperature range. The results cover a fairly wide range of densities, and we find that a hard-sphere model cannot represent the data within the estimated experimental accuracy.     

Absolute measurements of the thermal conductivity of mixtures of alcohols with water

New absolute measurements of the thermal conductivity of mixtures of methanol, ethanol, and propanol with water are presented. The measurements were performed in a tantalum-type transient hot-wire instrument at atmospheric pressure, in the temperature range 300–345 K. The overall uncertainty of the reported values is estimated to be less than ±0.5%, an estimate confirmed by measurements of the thermal conductivity of water. The mixtures with water studied have compositions of 25. 50, and 75%, by weight, of methanol and ethanol and 50%, by weight, of propanol. A recently proposed semiempirical scheme for the prediction of the thermal conductivity of pure liquids is extended to allow the prediction of the thermal conductivity of these mixtures from the pure components, as a function of both composition and temperature.     

Absolute measurement of the thermal conductivity of propylene carbonate by the AC transient hot-wire technique

The paper describes a new apparatus for measuring the thermal conductivity of liquids based on a transient hot-wire method. The apparatus has been used to measure the thermal conductivity of propylene carbonate (C₄H₆O₃). The measurements have been carried out in the temperature range 284–313 K and at saturation pressure. The accuracy of the data is within ±1.5%.     

Thermal conductivity of solid NaF under high pressure

The thermal conductivity () of solid NaF has been measured over the temperature (T) range 100–350 K and at pressures (P) up to 2.5 GPa, using the transient hot-wire method. Results for (T,P) could be described to a good approximation by the Leibfried-Schlömann formula. It was found that the isochoric temperature derivative of the thermal resistivity W (= ^–1) increased systematically with the mass ratio for the B1-type phases of the sodium and potassium halides.     

预制体结构对针刺石英纤维/环氧树脂复合材料导热性能的影响

为了探索预制体结构对针刺石英纤维/环氧树脂复合材料导热性能的影响,采用逐层针刺技术和树脂传递模塑工艺制作了针刺石英纤维/环氧树脂复合材料。利用瞬态热线法测量了环氧树脂和不同预制体结构的针刺石英纤维/环氧树脂复合材料的导热性能。结果表明:随着纤维体积分数的提高,针刺石英纤维/环氧树脂复合材料的导热性能得到了提升。其中,用石英纤维短切毡增强环氧树脂的导热性能比环氧树脂提高了35.9%。当针刺石英纤维/环氧树脂复合材料中的无纬布纤维平行于热线时,采用石英纤维短切毡与石英纤维无纬布共同增强的2种针刺石英纤维/环氧树脂复合材料的导热性能分别比环氧树脂提高了45.5%和46.4%;而当无纬布纤维垂直于热线时,导热性能比环氧树脂分别提高了56.4%和61.8%。针刺石英纤维/环氧树脂复合材料的导热性能不仅受石英纤维体积分数影响,也受到预制体中无纬布纤维体积分数和取向的影响。      

Radiative heat transfer in transient hot-wire measurements of thermal conductivity

New measurements of the thermal conductivity of liquid toluene between 300 and 550 K have been used to study the importance of radiative heat transfer when using the transient hot-wire technique. The experimental data were used to obtain the radiation correction to the hot-wire temperature rises. Radiationcorrected values of thermal conductivity are reported. This study shows that the transient hot-wire method is much less affected by radiation than steady-state techniques.     

The thermal conductivity of CFC alternatives HFC-125 and HCFC-141b in the liquid phase

The liquid thermal conductivities of the CFC alternatives, HFC-125, and HCFC-141b measured by a transient hot-wire apparatus with one bare platinum wire are reported in the temperature ranges from 193 to 333 K (HFC-125, CHF₂, CF₃) and from 193 to 393 K (HCFC-141b,CCI₂F-CF₃), in the pressure ranges from 2 to 30 MPa (HFC-125) and from 0.1 to 30 MPa (HCFC-141b), respectively. The results have been estimated to have an accurancy of ±0.5%. The liquid thermal conductives obtained have been correlated by a polynomial of temperature and pressure which can represent the experimental results within the standard deviations of 0.49% for HFC-125 and 0.46% for HCFC-141b, respectively.     

Measurements and correlation of the thermal conductivity of liquid n-paraffin hydrocarbons and their binary and ternary mixtures

The thermal conductivity of four pure normal paraffin hydrocarbons (C₁₁, C₁₄, C₁₅, C₁₆) and binary and ternary mixtures of three n-paraffin hydrocarbons (C₇, C₁₁, C₁₆) have been measured in the temperature range from about 20 to 90°C at atmospheric pressure. Measurements have been performed with the aid of a fully automated transient hot-wire instrument. The accuracy of the reported data is estimated to be ±1.0 to ±1.5%. A new simple and practical equation, which can calculate the thermal conductivity of pure n-paraffin hydrocarbons (4n 16) with the uncertainty of ±1%, has been correlated in terms of temperature and number of carbon atoms based on the present results including some other reliable data. Also, a mixing rule for the mixtures of n-paraffin hydrocarbons was proposed and was adequately confirmed by the present results within the experimental error.