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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.6 – Lee’s Disc Method
Click HERE to build your own Lee’s Disc Lee’s Disc method is used to measure the thermal...
Uncertainty of Calibration Calculator
Thermtest is happy to introduce the new Uncertainty of Calibration Calculator. The calculator determines the uncertainty of comparative thermal conductivity methods. Simply select the desired calibration material and the instrument, and the calculator will output their combined level of uncertainty, expressed as a percentage.
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Introducing the Thermal Resistance in Series Calculator
Thermtest is happy to introduce the new Thermal Resistance in Series Calculator. After inputting the thermal resistance and thickness of the material, the calculator outputs the thermal resistance of the composite.
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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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How Understanding Thermal Conductivity Will Make You a Better Cook
Are you under the impression that thermal conductivity doesn’t impact your life very much? In our perspectives series we are setting out to prove you wrong!
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Converting heat to electricity- Researchers discover an exciting new application for carbon nanotubes
Thermoelectric power generation has the potential to solve one of the concerns of our current energy use, over 50% of what we consume is lost as waste heat.
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How Thermal Conductivity Decides What You Put in Your Closet
In our perspectives series, we have enjoyed presenting topics that challenge you to assess how thermal conductivity affects so much in our lives.
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