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Measurement of thermal conductivity of polymer melts by the line‐source method
Author(s) -
Lobo Hubert,
Cohen Claude
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
polymer engineering and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1548-2634
pISSN - 0032-3888
DOI - 10.1002/pen.760300202
Subject(s) - materials science , thermal conductivity , polymer , composite material , transient (computer programming) , thermal conductivity measurement , thermal , line (geometry) , conductivity , thermodynamics , computer science , chemistry , physics , geometry , mathematics , operating system
An apparatus has been developed for the measurement of thermal conductivity of polymer melts. Based on the transient “line source method,” it is ideally suited to these materials because measurements can be made quickly, before the onset of thermal degradation. Also, little or no sample preparation is required. A number of commercial polymers have been tested, including some glass‐fiber filled composites.