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How to Measure Heat Capacity at Low Temperatures

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This chapter is devoted to the description of calorimetric techniques used to measure heat capacity of solids: pulse heat calorimetry (Sect. 2.3), relaxation calorimetry (Sect. 2.4), dual slope calorimetry (Sect. 2.5), a.c. calorimetry (Sect. 2.6), differential scanning calorimetry (Sect. 2.7). Examples of measurements of heat capacity are reported in Sects. 2.3 and 2.4.

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Ventura, G., Perfetti, M. (2014). How to Measure Heat Capacity at Low Temperatures. In: Thermal Properties of Solids at Room and Cryogenic Temperatures. International Cryogenics Monograph Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8969-1_2

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