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How to Measure Thermal Conductivity

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Thermal Properties of Solids at Room and Cryogenic Temperatures

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The methods to measure the thermal conductivity at low temperature are described: the steady-state techniques, (Sect. 2.2); the 3ω technique (Sect. 2.3); and the thermal diffusivity measurement (Sect. 2.4). Each of these techniques has its own advantages as well as its inherent limitations, with some techniques more appropriate to specific sample geometry, such as the 3ω technique for thin films which is discussed in detail in Sect. 2.4.2. The radial flux method is reported in Sect. 2.2.4, the laser flash diffusivity method in Sect. 2.4.1 and the “pulsed power or Maldonado technique” in Sect. 2.3.2.

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Ventura, G., Perfetti, M. (2014). How to Measure Thermal Conductivity. 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_8

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