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Optoacoustic effect and the thermal diffusivity of solids

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An optoacoustic method for determining the thermal diffusivity is investigated theoretically. The results are confirmed by experimental data.

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 60–66, January, 1983.

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Vinokurov, S.A. Optoacoustic effect and the thermal diffusivity of solids. Journal of Engineering Physics 44, 50–55 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00826703

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