Transient Hot-Strip Method for Simultaneous Determination of Thermal Conductivity and Thermal Diffusivity of Refractory Materials

The transient hot-strip method has been used for determining thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity of a refractory brick. The technique is based on recording the transient temperature increase of a 25-μm-thick, 8-mm-wide, and 70-mm-long iron strip clamped between two sample halves and heated with a constant direct current. The method is accurate to within 5% in the thermal conductivity and to within 10% in the thermal diffusivity in the temperature range 20° to 700°C.