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Thermal diffusivity and conductivity measurement of undoped La2O3 powder by homemade photoacoustic spectrometer

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Photoacoustic spectroscopy is a unique experimental technique for material characterization in any phase such as solid, liquid, gas, or condensed medium. The thermal properties like thermal diffusivity or thermal conductivity have been measured by recorded photoacoustic signals varying chopping frequency under 980 nm diode laser sources. In this work, the authors have fabricated homemade photoacoustic cell and a pre-amplifier device and optimized both for maximum sensitivity. The cavity volume is measured 4.80 × 10−6 m3 at optimum condition. Finally, the thermal diffusivity and thermal conductivity of undoped La2O3 oxide are measured. Thermal diffusivity has been found from 2.481 × 10‒6 to 2.530 × 10‒6 m2/s for the excitation power density range (63.69–87.57)×108 mW/m2. Conversely, the thermal conductivity has been measured from 5.067 to 5.168 Wm‒1k‒1 for the same excitation condition. Finally, the absorption spectrum of the sample is recorded by excited the sample with 500 Watt Xenon source varying wavelength. The absorption peaks are found near 967, 1310, and 1420 nm, respectively.

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The authors are appreciatively acknowledged to Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi for financial support. Minarul (17DR000415) is also thankful to IIT(ISM) Dhanbad for providing research fellowship in terms of senior research fellow (SRF).

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This work was supported by  DST-SERB, NEW DELHI (Grant no.: DST(SERB)/EMR/2017/000228).

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Sarkar, M.I., Kumar, K. Thermal diffusivity and conductivity measurement of undoped La2O3 powder by homemade photoacoustic spectrometer. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 1762 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-11146-7

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