This article focused on determining the extinction coefficient of polyolefin foams. A combination of experimental and theoretical methods were used to accomplish this goal. Samples differed from each other in terms of thickness, chemical composition, colour, density, and structural characteristics. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy was used to measure transmittance spectra. Thermal conductivity of the foams was also measured. The researchers concluded that cell size was the primary factor affecting the ...
Composite carbon foams were prepared by mixing tannin-based resin with various graphite powders in an effort to improve the thermal conductivity relative to pristine carbon foams in order to use them as hosts for phase-change materials. It was found that using graphite powder with smaller particle sizes resulted in foams with a higher bulk density than those prepared with an equal amount of larger graphite particles, this increased density resulted ...
Using the transient plane source (TPS) method, the thermal conductivities of a series of crosslinked closed-cell polyethylene foams were measured. The experimental values obtained were compared to measurements made by a steady-state method (heat-flow meter). Through the use of the TPS technique, it was possible to observe how physical characteristics such as cell size, density and carbon black content affected the overall thermal conductivity. The authors found that the trends ...
