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On the Thermal Characterization of Insulating Solids Using Laser-Spot Thermography in a Front Detection Configuration

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The application of the laser-spot active lock-in infrared thermography technique for the simultaneous measurement of the thermal diffusivity and conductivity of thermal insulators is an advantageous method that takes advantage of the heat losses by conduction from the sample to the surrounding air to recover the thermal conductivity in addition to the thermal diffusivity, which is the parameter usually determined using this technique. Here we introduce results obtained using a front detection configuration. We foresee it as a complementary modality for that presented using a rear detection configuration. In the current method, the measurement time is reduced at least one order of magnitude using modulation frequencies of tenths of Hz instead of the smaller frequencies commonly used in the rear configuration. The method allows us the work with thicker samples and lower excitation powers. One noticeable distinction in the current report, as seen from numerical calculations and experimental measurements, is that we unveil the presence of maxima and minima in the amplitude profiles at distances from the heating point that are closely related to the thermal wave wavelength. This interesting behavior reminds us of the well-known highly damped character of thermal waves and the standing wave conditions like those that have been used commonly to explain other photothermal phenomena. Finally, we will comment on the usefulness of the method to characterize anisotropic samples.

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Acknowledgements

The financial support of CONACyT (Mexico), of COFAA-IPN by the SIBE and BEIFI Programs, and SIP-IPN by EDI are acknowledged. A. Bedoya and C. Garcia-Segundo gratefully acknowledge the financial support through the Programa de becas posdoctorales 2020–2021 at UNAM-DGAPA and PAPIIT (IG100821).

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This work was partially supported by Research Grants from SIP-IPN (20220575 and 20221095) and by CONACyT Scholarship Program and Grant No. 205640 and PAPIIT Grant No. IG100821.

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    Adrian Bedoya & Crescencio García-Segundo

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AB: Methodology, Software, Validation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing—review and editing. JJ: Software, Formal analysis. CG-S: Supervision, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Formal analysis, Writing—review and editing. EM: Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Formal analysis, Writing—original draft.

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Bedoya, A., Marín, E., Puldón, J.J. et al. On the Thermal Characterization of Insulating Solids Using Laser-Spot Thermography in a Front Detection Configuration. Int J Thermophys 44, 27 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-022-03138-2

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