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Reducing Reliance on Harmful Plastics Using Thermal Conductivity and Cellulose
Is plastic a little too convenient? The global plastic industry took off and has continued to grow...
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Announcement: Thermtest Attending ITCC 34/ITES 22: 17 – 20 June 2019
34th International Thermal Conductivity Conference and 22nd International Thermal Expansion...
Thermal Conductivity of Polymers using 3D Printing Filament
Thanksgiving is over, which means the Christmas trees are going up. Home owners decorate their...
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Keeping Your Warm Drinks Warm – A Thermal Properties Approach
In our thermal conductivity perspective series, we present various contexts in which thermal conductivity plays a role, during our daily tasks.
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History.8 – The History of Armco Iron
If you’ve ever seen an old bridge, or car, that’s been sitting abandoned for several years, it was...
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Thermal Conductivity of Ethylene Glycol-Water Mixtures
At Thermtest, the Transient Hot Wire Liquid Thermal Conductivity Meter (commonly known as the...
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Introducing the Rule Of Mixtures Calculator
The Rule of Mixtures Calculator, newly released by Thermtest Inc., is an invaluable tool for estimating the specific heat capacity of mixtures containing any number of materials.
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Testing the Thermal Conductivity of Polymers – Introducing the Polymer Melt Cell Sample Holder
Old techniques used to measure the thermophysical properties of polymer melts were dangerous, messy, and risked damaging the sensor.
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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon create ‘Thubber’, a material that may revolutionize how we use electronics
Why are portable electronics rigid? Manufacturers have not yet achieved the ability to create flexible devices due to the constraints of heat dissipation.
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New Research Leads to the Possible Discovery of a Second State of Liquid Water
To most of us, water is an uninteresting, monotonous matter, that encompasses two-thirds of the Earth’s surface and roughly 60% of the human body.
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Thermal Conductivity Testing of Steatite and Bisque Fired Alumina using the TLS-100
This month in the Thermtest lab, the TLS-100 was used to measure the thermal conductivity of two materials, steatite and bisque fired alumina.
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New Answers in the Search to Understand the Earth’s Magnetic Field
Earth’s magnetic field has long been the object of intense research by scientists as it is one of the major reasons that Earth is habitable.
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