Category: Transient Plane Source
Author(s): J. A. de Saja, M. A. Rodriguez-Perez, Miguel-Cngel RodrC-guez-PC)rez, O. Almanza
Keywords: Carbon Black Content, Chemical Composition, density, HDPE, high-density polyethylene, high-density polyethylene (HDPE), LDPE, Low-Density Polyethylene, Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE), Mean Cell Diameter, Polyethylene Foams, specific heat capacity, Thermal Conductivity, Thermal Diffusivity, thickness, TPS Technique, Transient Plane Source, Transient plane source (TPS) method
Abstract: The authors obtained a collection of crosslinked closed cell polyethlyene foams from a commercial supplier and then characterized the thermal properties of these foams. The characterization involved the use of the TPS technique to measure thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity and specific heat capacity. It was found that increasing density resulted in a decreased thermal diffusivity and an increased specific heat capacity per unit volume. A theoretical model was developed to predict the thermal diffusivities of crosslinked closed cell polyethlyene foams and this model agrees well with the experimentally obtained results.
Reference: Polymer International 53:2038-2044 (2004)
DOI: 10.1002/pi.1624