Materials of β-Cu2−xSe were fabricated by using hydrothermal synthesis followed by evacuating-and-encapsulating sintering. These materials were then characterized using powder X-ray diffraction, field-emission scanning electron micrograph, electronic and thermal transport. Thermal conductivity measurements were carried out utilizing transient plane source (TPS) techniques using a thermal constants analyzer. The thermal conductivity of β-Cu2−xSe at room temperature is found to be larger than that ...
The article investigated the hybridization of multi wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with filler in polymer matrix composites (PMC) which is one of the techniques used to combine different properties of fillers to make more unique composites. The properties of two different hybrid filler composites (Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) hybrid filler and physically hybrid filler) were then studied. The thermal conductivity was measured through the use of a Thermal Constant Analyzer ...
This article explored the various characteristics of nanostructured pyrochlore La2Zr2O7 fibers. The thermal properties were measured using the transient plane source (TPS) method on a thermal anlyzer instrument at room temperature. It was found that the samples exhibited low thermal conductivities. It was observed that the thermal conductivity of the samples decreased with increasing silica content in the fiber. However, low thermal ...
This article studied the properties of two compositions of cermet fuels, U-15wt%UO2 and U-30wt%UO2. The thermal conductivity of the sintered cermets was determined by the transient plane source (TPS) technique using a Thermal Constant Analyzer. It was found that the thermal conductivity increased for both of the cermet compositions with increasing temperature. This was considered to be favorable as higher thermal conductivities ...
This article studied A356/316L composites which were fabricated by infiltrating additively manufactured 316L lattices with molten A356. Various tests were conducted on the properties of the composites to determine if the two-step processing used to manufacture them avoided the issues that current fusion-based additive manufacturing techniques have. The thermal conductivity of the composites was determined with the transient plane source (TPS) technique. The results showed that the thermal conductivity ...
