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Correlating and predicting polymer thermal conductivities
Author(s) -
Luba Michael,
Pelt Thomas,
Griskey Richard G.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1979.070230105
Subject(s) - polymer , crystallinity , materials science , amorphous solid , thermal , thermal conductivity , melting temperature , thermodynamics , composite material , polymer chemistry , chemistry , organic chemistry , physics
General correlations were developed to estimte polymer thermal conductivities for four cases—amorphous polymers above the glass temperature; amorphous polymers below the glass temperature; semicrystalline polymers above the melting temperature, and semicrystalline polymers below the melting temperature. The correlations based on readily available parameters (mer weights, densities at 25°C, specific heats) yielded calculated thermal conductivities that deviated by only 1%–2% from experimental values.