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Thermal radiation calorimetry has been applied to measure the thermal conductivity and the specific heat capacity of an isolated solid specimen simultaneously. The system, in which a disk-shaped specimen and a flat heater are mounted in a vacuum chamber with the specimen heated on one face by irradiation, is presented. A theoretical formulation of the simultaneous measurement at quasi-steady state is described in detail. Noncontact temperature measurement of both specimen surfaces has been performed using pyrometers and a thermocouple set in the gap between the heater and the specimen. Pyroceram 9609 specimens, whose surfaces were blackened with colloidal graphite, were used in the measurement. The largest error involved in the noncontact temperature measurement is ±2°C in the range from 450 to 650°C. The resultant values of the specific heat capacity and the thermal conductivity deviate by about 10% from the recommended values for the Pyroceram specimen.
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Hisano, K., Sawai, S. & Morimoto, K. Conventional Simultaneous Measurement of Specific Heat Capacity and Thermal Conductivity by Thermal Radiation Calorimetry. International Journal of Thermophysics 19, 291–304 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021419723292
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021419723292