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Determination of the Thermal Conductivity of Refractory Insulating Materials by the Hot-Wire Method

Davis, WR
Senior scientific officer, British Ceramic Research Association, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent

Pages: 14    Published: Jan 1978

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Abstract

The hot-wire line source technique has been applied to the measurement of the thermal conductivity of refractory insulating materials at temperatures up to 1000°C. The method is rapid and has a repeatability of better than 5 percent. Comparisons have been made with other methods.