A contact method of measuring the thermal effusivity of solids, based on periodic heating of the surface of a standard plate, in contact with the solid being investigated, and measuring the temperature oscillations in the plate at various distances from the source, is described.
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Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 10, pp. 34–36, October, 2011.
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Demezhko, D.Y., Dergachev, V.V. & Rybakov, E.N. A contact method of determining the thermal effusivity of solids. Meas Tech 54, 1151–1154 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-012-9863-8
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