Category: Transient Plane Source
Author(s): C. Schick, M. Merzlyakov
Keywords: differential scanning calorimetry, differential scanning calorimetry (dsc), dsc, heat capacity, heat flow, measurement of low thermal conductivity materials, polymers, temperature, thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity
Abstract: The researchers proposed a method used to measure the thermal conductivity and heat capacity of low thermal conductivity materials with accuracy better than 10%. DSC was also used to determine thermal contact between the sample and the DSC furnace.
Reference: Thermochimica Acta, 377, 1-2 (2001) 183-191
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-6031(01)00553-6